if almost any pre-colonization indigenous culture was magically transported like a city to the middle of modern America, they'd probably vote republican
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Kind doubt it. That’s a huge generalization. You’re talking about a lot of different cultures all over the world.
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This sounds a bit like “Republicanism is the closest prevailing ideology to natural law”
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Highly recommend reading "Dawn of History". Egalitarianism (and its twin libertarianism) were the predominant social values in many pre-Columbian societies. The authors argue that the Enlightenment happened in response to ideas brought to Europe from the Americas
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I read the book review on acx which made me dubious about how accurate that books claims were
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Don't you say that left/liberal ideology is an extension of forager values?
no contradiction bc they are extended so far that the right-wing would be more appealing to actual "foragers"?
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Yes those baby sacrifices and cannibalized enemies would fit right it with the prolife modern christians. What was that famous Jesus quote "eat your enemies..."
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What does this even mean. What do you have to assume to make a statement like that?
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