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    Game-theoretic analysis (Axelrod) demonstrates that ratio... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Individuals in the state of nature will invade one another for gain.

    Game-theoretic analysis (Axelrod) demonstrates that rational agents in iterated interactions converge on cooperative strategies even without sovereign enforcement.

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    • 1.Axelrod's tournaments empirically showed tit-for-tat outcompeted exploitative strategies, suggesting cooperation emerges naturally.
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    • 2.Repeated interactions create reputational stakes that make defection costly, incentivizing cooperation without external enforcement.
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    • 3.Real-world systems (merchant networks, open-source communities) sustain cooperation despite absent coercive authority.
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    • 1.Lab conditions diverge from reality: small groups, transparent strategies, and clear payoffs rarely exist in actual societies.
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    • 2.Axelrod's model assumes agents can identify defectors and exclude them, which fails when defection is hidden or reputation unverifiable.
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    • 3.Many historical societies developed cooperation *because* they built enforcement institutions, not independently of them.
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