But if humanity as a whole enforced social norms that rewarded blackmail-refusals, then the value of blackmailing would drop so low as to be not worth it and extremely uncommon.
Essentially we could develop a herd immunity to blackmail.
Essentially we could develop a herd immunity to blackmail.
But if humanity as a whole...
As far as I’ve been able to determine, much to my chagrin, in many of the ways that matter most, humanity isn’t a coherent whole.
And I’ve got no idea what to do about it.