Today I listened to a podcast about alliances in Survivor.
Why is it that an alliance could so called "self-destruct?"
In one example, on Survivor 32 episode 2, a 4 person alliance decided to vote out one of their own instead of voting out the 5th person who was on the bottom. Regardless or not of if this was the right decision you can look at the inner social part of that.
Jennifer, a member of the 4 person alliance, went to Alecia, who was not apart of the alliance, and proposed an all girls alliance. When the remaining members of the alliance heard of it they decided to vote out Jennifer instead. Though Jennifer decided to pass it off as "just talk" there is a reason it stuck with them. How long should an alliance wait before they act on "just talk?" Should they wait until the plotting and scheming becomes actual flipping?
Doubt can be a more powerful emotion than assurance. If one of my friends says something to hurt me, I might be more inclined to take offense to it than if someone I know hates me insults me. And that is because of expectations.
The alliance did not expect Jennifer to perform an action that went against the rest of the group so when she did it came as more of a shock than someone who they knew was already against them (Alecia).
That is why a person can be more inclined to act on impulse when one of their own alliance members does something to disrupt the flow.
Ie this is a real life example of "better the devil I know than the devil I don't."
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