I’m pretty aware. Hunter gatherer societies are not really relevant to today. Exploitation of other humans has been the norm since the invention of agriculture.
I also think human beings are incredible. I wouldn’t say I’m jaded. We are the most amazing thing to ever exist, as far as we know.
It’s not just hunter gatherers. It’s all throughout human history up to the age of colonialism where our modern day empires eradicated or subjugated other civilizations and cultures.
There are an amazing amount of avenues to learn about history and humanity than pimping 1 author again and again. Holding tightly to one perspective could narrow ones understanding.
100%. It’s ahistorical. The story of humanity is the story of smaller groups pooling together in larger groups for a common good.
The concept of Germany, Spain, or France is pretty new. It was a collection of small kingdoms. And before that even smaller clans. And before that etc etc. And now we start to think of them more and more as an even bigger unit: the EU.
We’re social creatures, and every meaningful improvement has happened because we work together and care for each other.
There’s always elements taking advantage of this, so it’s important not to forget that we have to fight for what we find important.
This defeatist view is a gift to those that want to take advantage of our good will. Yeah, life is hard and it sucks sometimes, but if you let that jaded view take over, you’re creating a self fulfilling prophecy.
It may be surprising to you, but one is capable of realizing westphalian nation states are relatively new and that capitalism is not the end all be all behind humans taking advantage of one another.
Hate to break it to ya, but you have a very jaded and biased view that is not supported by anthropological evidence in the slightest.
The economic system isn’t the only system that is the problem, it’s just one ring in a three ring circus.
Again, you should probably read Graeber and do some learnin.
I’m pretty aware. Hunter gatherer societies are not really relevant to today. Exploitation of other humans has been the norm since the invention of agriculture.
I also think human beings are incredible. I wouldn’t say I’m jaded. We are the most amazing thing to ever exist, as far as we know.
It’s not just hunter gatherers. It’s all throughout human history up to the age of colonialism where our modern day empires eradicated or subjugated other civilizations and cultures.
There are an amazing amount of avenues to learn about history and humanity than pimping 1 author again and again. Holding tightly to one perspective could narrow ones understanding.
100%. It’s ahistorical. The story of humanity is the story of smaller groups pooling together in larger groups for a common good.
The concept of Germany, Spain, or France is pretty new. It was a collection of small kingdoms. And before that even smaller clans. And before that etc etc. And now we start to think of them more and more as an even bigger unit: the EU.
We’re social creatures, and every meaningful improvement has happened because we work together and care for each other.
There’s always elements taking advantage of this, so it’s important not to forget that we have to fight for what we find important.
This defeatist view is a gift to those that want to take advantage of our good will. Yeah, life is hard and it sucks sometimes, but if you let that jaded view take over, you’re creating a self fulfilling prophecy.
It may be surprising to you, but one is capable of realizing westphalian nation states are relatively new and that capitalism is not the end all be all behind humans taking advantage of one another.