There’s an implicit benefit of the arrangement, which is the group not descending into anarchic conflict. Whetmore can’t help but benefit from this unless he leaves the group entirely.
I think it’d be interesting to know how different people model the situation. The most obvious option for me is to view it as a form of micro-governance. Randomised cannibalism of one’s peers seems almost ridiculously civilised.
There’s an implicit benefit of the arrangement, which is the group not descending into anarchic conflict. Whetmore can’t help but benefit from this unless he leaves the group entirely.
I think it’d be interesting to know how different people model the situation. The most obvious option for me is to view it as a form of micro-governance. Randomised cannibalism of one’s peers seems almost ridiculously civilised.