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We do need to include the vast human pre-history when makings sweeping claims about the natural state of human society. There might be something about civilizat
by goatlover 6mo ago
We do need to include the vast human pre-history when makings sweeping claims about the natural state of human society. There might be something about civilizations that concentrate power which wasn't seen nearly as much among hunter-gatherer groups. If so, there might be steps that can be taken to counter it (indeed the past several centuries would strongly suggest so).
- red-iron-pine 6mo agoas someone else put it, the best loved, most successful hunter-gatherer still wore skins and slept in a cave with the rest of the tribe. the surpluses of the agrarian farmers meant that the pharaoh lived a life vastly different from anyone in his kingdom.