Tag: hunter-gathering groups
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Was it better in prehistory? Extermination camps, gulags, systematic oppression, global wars
While there is no doubt life is better now than in prehistory (generally), modern-day history offers a lot of cruel modern-day novelties non-existential in prehistory. One journalist has rebutted that the Middle Ages may not have been so bad by saying: “What about Gulags?” Homo sapiens are species enormously prone to wars. And while a…
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Were hunter-gathering groups more equal than nowadays capitalism?
Some right-winger gladly points out the inequality was greater in the Middle Ages. Not only it is not the truth but we live in ages with unprecedented inequality (arguably with 19th-century capitalism). Yes, there is scientific and technological progress that has helped billions of people out of poverty and heightened their life expectancy. The Westerners…