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It sounds like a gift economy: > “If you have guests from far away, or you love them and they are your friends, you should kill a goat for them, if they agree
by syllogism 8y ago
It sounds like a gift economy:
> “If you have guests from far away, or you love them and they are your friends, you should kill a goat for them, if they agree to let you do that,”
It's not like everything is free -- you just all have store credit with each other (informally).
- AstralStorm 8y agoNot really, the hospitality deals with the unknown in a charitable way. There is no presumption of reciprocation nor measure of resources expended. It is not karma. It is most likely adaptive because it allows for forming social bonds at all. Without this there is no starting point when there is limited contact between people. (as is the case for nomads)
- Gustomaximus 8y ago> It is not karma. A side point, western view has twisted karma. The true meaning (and read more about it if interested as I've probably twisted it a bit too) seems more towards 'by putting more good/bad in the world, there is more of itm therefore more of the same is likely to return to you and this good/bad you create is developing you as that person'.