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The state of nature exists only as an idea. Primitive peoples are just as alienated from their supposed state of nature as we are.
by ahf8Aithaex7Nai 3y ago
The state of nature exists only as an idea. Primitive peoples are just as alienated from their supposed state of nature as we are.
- mortureb 3y agoThat’s a hard argument to make if completely alienated populations, irrespective of geographical location, coalesce around the same idea.
- ahf8Aithaex7Nai 3y agoI don't think that's the case. And I don't think you're an anthropologist or anything. It's just a convenient narrative when it fits into your own view. Polyandry was and is widespread in some cultures. I wonder if you would accept that as a state of nature.
- mortureb 3y agoA handful of cultures exist where polyandry is practiced, mostly contemporarily as a side effect of a paucity of women, and the woman is treated as a shared property amongst the men who also sleep with other women at the same time (North Eastern India, parts of Thailand, a couple of Native American tribes)