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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 13th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year, 3 months ago@Jakelafort, I think your posted into the wrong post (like me now)…but no matter.
Your words “Well articulated ideas forming a cohesive something something” reminded me of year one, day one in my Sociology class (it was a business degree course) when the professor announced within the first minute that “a system is a cohesive whole founded…[Read more]
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School July 13th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year, 3 months agoBravo Reg.
Well articulated ideas forming a cohesive something something. Only aspect i think you are generous is in assuming it requires any conditions to make people believe anything however F’ing stupid or insane although i suppose certain stressors will do just that or add tabasco to the hot tamale.
Globalize the intifada bitches!
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic We thought civilization required agriculture until… in the forum Science 1 year, 3 months ago
Egalitarian society is an ideal that never lasts because humans participate in maintaining it. What I would call “social entropy” is always at play. Much like energy must be input into a physical system to maintain order, maintaining egalitarian norms requires constant work. Someone must reinforce the values of fairness and shared res…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic We thought civilization required agriculture until… in the forum Science 1 year, 3 months ago
Reg and Simon,
Reg wrote:
A bunch of hippies are smoking weed and chilling out….very calm and egalitarian. One of them opens a box of chocolate cookies. He becomes the leader. Humans just cannot cope without having a leader. And if he (or she) can do the thinking for them too, then the happier they all will be.
Simon replied:
In an e…
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic We thought civilization required agriculture until… in the forum Science 1 year, 3 months ago
Unseen wrote:
It’s sometimes pointed out when one argues that matriarchies simply don’t work that they worked in Polynesian societies.The absence of patriarchy doesn’t necessarily imply a matriarchy. It implies egalitarianism.
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic We thought civilization required agriculture until… in the forum Science 1 year, 3 months ago
Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
A bunch of hippies are smoking weed and chilling out….very calm and egalitarian. One of them opens a box of chocolate cookies. He becomes the leader. Humans just cannot cope without having a leader. And if he (or she) can do the thinking for them too, then the happier they all will be.In an egalitarian society, i…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic We thought civilization required agriculture until… in the forum Science 1 year, 3 months ago
Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
A bunch of hippies are smoking weed and chilling out….very calm and egalitarian. One of them opens a box of chocolate cookies. He becomes the leader. Humans just cannot cope without having a leader. And if he (or she) can do the thinking for them too, then the happier they all will be.It’s sometimes pointed out w…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic We thought civilization required agriculture until… in the forum Science 1 year, 3 months ago
A bunch of hippies are smoking weed and chilling out….very calm and egalitarian. One of them opens a box of chocolate cookies. He becomes the leader. Humans just cannot cope without having a leader. And if he (or she) can do the thinking for them too, then the happier they all will be.
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic We thought civilization required agriculture until… in the forum Science 1 year, 3 months ago
Unseen wrote:
This makes anarchism a practicsl impossibility.It’s a practical impossibility within a delayed-return economy, because, at least: 1) hierarchical coordination is necessary to get the jobs done; 2) a small group of people is always going to control the means of production; 3) if they’re lucky, a small group of people can control a…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic We thought civilization required agriculture until… in the forum Science 1 year, 3 months ago
Simon Paynton wrote:
It was probably a free anarchist state, with no hierarchy. We assume that egalitarianism was the default position, and this is psychologically hard to break as each man and woman is as good as anyone else.You are delusional. There will always be a power dynamic which results in the populace being divided in…[Read more]
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