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[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

~~Actually, that's wrong.~~ Developed ancient civilizations (the ones that build roads) used money too. And slavery. And i'm not only talking about ancient Rome or Greece. Mesopotamia, Hindus valley... all of them.

[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago

That's not ancient enough. Go even way back, where people build for community.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

African tribes? But they were small enough, that top-down ruling worked somewhat.

Not that this way of living – our instincts are geared to – is wrong. A modern interpretation is federalism, no? Only that the details of what is ruled on which level are often subotimal and the smallest piece usually too big.

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