Kings and priests go back at least 6000 years. There is no point in Western history without dramatic power and wealth disparity. The same goes for most Eastern history. Any cultures without those structures were crushed by cultures with those structures.
While they live incredibly hard lives, there are cultural structures which have somehow survived longer than “civilization.” I wouldn’t want to live in those societies, but their longevity through isolation does break the paradigm of capitalist realism. Those societies don’t necessarily have concepts of wealth either.
Kings and priests go back at least 6000 years. There is no point in Western history without dramatic power and wealth disparity. The same goes for most Eastern history. Any cultures without those structures were crushed by cultures with those structures.
got it: we definitely should never ever make use of our experience. like, never.
While they live incredibly hard lives, there are cultural structures which have somehow survived longer than “civilization.” I wouldn’t want to live in those societies, but their longevity through isolation does break the paradigm of capitalist realism. Those societies don’t necessarily have concepts of wealth either.