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Migratory hunter gatherer bands still exist, and no observation of them through history has found kings or slave owners among them. Nor is there historical evi

Migratory hunter gatherer bands still exist, and no observation of them through history has found kings or slave owners among them. Nor is there historical evidence. I'm not sure how a migratory hunter gatherer band which has few possessions and moves from place to place would have some slave owners who not work and the others as slaves. In fact much of the world was like this only a few centuries ago.

indymike 3y ago
> Nor is there historical evidence. Migratory hunter-gatherer tribes have spawned some of the worlds "greatest" conquests - a good example would be the Mongols (who to this day hold the record for largest empire by geography). If it were just Genghis Kahn, that would be the exception that proves the rule, but there a lot more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadic_empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadic_empire has a nice list of friendly hunter-gathers and other nomadic tribes that decided to try to conquer their known worlds, genocide their enemies, enslave people, etc...