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This is just completely wrong. Western society also had periods of clans and tribes in its history. It's more that it moved on from it. The British Empire used
by secondcoming 5y ago
This is just completely wrong. Western society also had periods of clans and tribes in its history. It's more that it moved on from it. The British Empire used inter-tribal rivalries as a tool to further its influence and spread. Scots still wear kilts whose colours are clan-specific.
Maybe, by 'Western' society you mean 'America'?
- mc32 5y agoI interpret them as saying “we think that because tribalism is a minor issue in the west and normally doesn’t surface, then we must generalize that it’s also a non-issue elsewhere” it is however, far from being the case.
- duxup 5y agoI think the other user is saying that people now don't understand something, not that it hasn't ever existed. People forget / if they don't experience it don't understand it well.