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> If the US is a bad political experiment, which one is good? That's a tough question, given human nature. From what I've read, I'd say some Native American c
by mirimir 7y ago
> If the US is a bad political experiment, which one is good?
That's a tough question, given human nature.
From what I've read, I'd say some Native American cultures, which were ~stable for thousands of years. Also some parts of Polynesia.
- everybodyknows 7y agoBack in the 19th century, Herman Melville documented an apparently stable society in Typee. It was however, not without violence -- some of it so appalling to most readers that the novel barely hints at it.
- chrisco255 7y agoYou mean like the Aztec empire that practiced human sacrifice and tortured other tribes?
- mirimir 7y agoNo, not them. I said "some" for just that reason.
- chrisco255 7y agoOk, your opportunity to explain which one you meant and why they were better or more stable than our current system?
- mirimir 7y agoI'm no expert. I'd say the Hopi. The Iroquois Confederacy also comes to mind. But they were quite warlike. Definitely not the Comanche.
- crawfordcomeaux 7y agoThe are several Coast Salish tribes to take a look at. Some were anarchic, so their culture could be of great use to studies of governance.
- gsk22 7y agoWhich cultures? And what specific attributes of their governing systems made them "good"?
- mirimir 7y agoIndividual freedom. Egalitarianism. Non-violence. Consensus-based decision making. Stuff like that.