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Old 08-17-2017, 04:03 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
I don't buy it. If there were no war, and pro-social matriarchy was the norm, then population would be exploding.

War has existed since the first 2 males encountered each other.
Cain and Able?

Most people reject Saharasia because it validates Wilhelm Reich. He who's books were burnt (six tons!) and he died in prison.

If tribal life were 'red in tooth and claw' how did city-states arise in the first place? There would have to have been an era when cooperation was the norm. The theory is that for 6000 years radiating waves of misery have diffused through the cultures of the world. The final blow was the steamship and the final population were in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trobriand_Islands
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