In a certain mythical community, politicians never tell the truth, and nonpoliticians always tell the truth. a stranger meets three citizens of the community and asks the first of them, "are you a politician? " the first citizen answers the question. the second citizen then reports that the first citizen denied being a politician. the third citizen says that the first citizen is a politician.

I'm not really sure what the question is. If you are asking which of the citizens are politicians, then I believe the answer is both citizens 2 and 3. Only citizen 1 answered the question, while the other two changed the topic by accusing citizen 1.

a punishment or the threat of punishment used to enforce conformity. enforcement of norms or shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations. social control. not everyone internalizes all of society's norms, and some people must be motivated by self-fulfillment.