Re:The Anti Social in Oppressive Societies

Execution.

Sometimes ostracism or excommunication. If they're lucky, just "reeducation" in a camp.

The distinguishing characteristic of a totalitarian society is enforcing conformity rather than encouraging diversity. The more oppressive, the more extreme the penalty for non-conformity, whether it is in the form of speaking out against the regime or disrupting the social order.

Sparta, Stalinist Russia, Hitler's Germany, Castro's Cuba, Mao's China, the Taliban, and Pol Pot were all very hard on people who didn't conform, including people we would consider anti-social. Even when the oppressive society encourages violence against others, they only condone sanctioned forms of violence. Unless you happen to be the psycho in power of course. They rely more on being able to condition remorse out of their thugs than being able to breed psychopaths, because psychopaths tend to make unreliable, egoistic thugs.

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Re:The Anti Social in Oppressive Societies, by AndyF, 03/19/02

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