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30'000 years ago politics didn't exist, doubt very much they would had discussion about it. Instead perhaps the local priest might have discussed the next sacr
by Towaway69 4y ago
30'000 years ago politics didn't exist, doubt very much they would had discussion about it.
Instead perhaps the local priest might have discussed the next sacrifice needed to bring the rains.
- richk449 4y ago> 30'000 years ago politics didn't exist, doubt very much they would had discussion about it. Why do you say politics didn’t exist long ago? > Instead perhaps the local priest might have discussed the next sacrifice needed to bring the rains. So… politics?
- kqr 4y agoPolitics emerges naturally when a group of people in constrained by time to perform only a subset of a large selection of activities; children are political about what to play. For as long as there has been humans, there has been politics.
- Towaway69 4y ago> I agree with your sentiment, but I think you're under-emphasing the power granted our reasoning ability from knowledge (theoretical concepts) and writing (seekable communication). The 2 party corrupt form of politics that is the mainstay in US does not require reasoning ability beyond the ability of a 30'000 Homo Sapien? It might my definition of politics but I doubt very much that what our ancestors were practicing 30k years ago wasn't politic in any sense that we could understand. Communally sharing knowledge about watering holes and what the next door tribe was doing was probably more along the lines of what was discussed. Societal informational interchange isn't politic. Politic is, for me, a group of people coming together (I.e. The ruling class) and deciding what the group as a whole (i.e. Everyone else) should be doing.
- ElevenLathe 4y agoThis is quite a statement. How do you suppose these anatomically modern humans would have made group decisions? Mind control by a warrior king?