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Originally Posted by Livia
Humans didn't always live in big societies with lots of laws and governance. But we've always regularly slaughtered each other in massive batches. Humans are a bit like the French. Individually... charming. Collectively... not as nice as you'd imagine.
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True, we have been doing it all throughout recorded history but there was a lot of human history before we developed the tools to record it in writing or images. It does seem likely, based on the animal kingdom, that "Caveman Bob" would probably kill his neighbour "Caveman Joe" to take his food for himself and his family... but it only really makes sense that it would happen when food wasn't abundant. Otherwise you're putting yourself at risk (in a fight) for no reason. Also, the fact that societies exist AT ALL is evidence that we are capable of peaceful coexistence and co-operation in small to medium sized groups.
Then again, there was plenty of land and resources to go around on the American continent before Europeans arrived, and yet various tribes there were perpetually at war with each other.
Ponder ponder. It's making me want to study some Sociology. One of the few degree paths I
haven't already stumbled half way down
26-01-2017, 02:21 PM
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