Sacrifice and Stigma¶
Iannaccone, L. R. (1992). Sacrifice and Stigma: Reducing Free-Riding in Cults, Communes, and Other Collectives. Journal of Political Economy, 100(2), 271-291.
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Mechanisms¶
- Handling Rule Card
- A handling card can drift into purity-policing, where enforcing the taboo matters more than the object it protects and minor breaches trigger disproportionate shaming; the classic misuse is a rule set expanded until it functions mainly as a loyalty test, sorting insiders from outsiders on trivia.
This sourceShows that costly restrictions and stigma can function as commitment screens that exclude less-committed participants.
- A handling card can drift into purity-policing, where enforcing the taboo matters more than the object it protects and minor breaches trigger disproportionate shaming; the classic misuse is a rule set expanded until it functions mainly as a loyalty test, sorting insiders from outsiders on trivia.
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