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> This is important because the narrative also defines our sense of political possibility. The thesis rests on this assumption, but I kind of doubt that people
by nitwit005 9y ago
> This is important because the narrative also defines our sense of political possibility.
The thesis rests on this assumption, but I kind of doubt that people base their political beliefs on how early agricultural societies ordered themselves.
- tabtab 9y agoEven if they did, the inequality level was certainly far smaller pre-agriculture (PA) than it is now. If you measure it in sexual partners and food in PA, the difference PA is still much smaller than today. Kings and billionaires came when agriculture did.