Fiercely egalitarian? Yes they are!
Nothing at all romantic about these mechanisms for #egalitarianism. Just about as politically sophisticated as #Homosapiens ever gets.
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Follow a hashtag by clicking on it, and in the new column, at the top, is a follow button. Now every post with an #egalitarianism hashtag goes into your home timeline. Until you unfollow.
I have never used the phrase “upper management” in my life.
Those guys - they’re all guys - get up off the toilet, turn around and look in the bowl before flushing, just like the rest of us.
George Monbiot talks about the return of the #oligarchy (and rampant #inequality) and calls for effective strategies to maintain #egalitarianism and #democracy. Massive program of mobilisation is needed. See clip 
Link https://youtu.be/4iqiz0KHuJo
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#Egalitarianism, the one time you did the washing is proof it's all equal and no one needs feminism anymore
#HipHop, everyday I'm hustling, everyday I'm hustling
When I bring the basket, my mum puts the washing in
#Narcissism, you look good in the clothes your mum washed
#Surrealism, the washing does your mum
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@gwensnyder.bsky.social @dgoldsmith
The #American ethos, #culture, and #FirstPrinciples promote #egalitarianism over #regicide.
And always have: https://inaniludibrio.com/2024/08/13/skeptical-of-god-kings/
Inani Ludibrio · Skeptical of God-KingsThe political designation “the left” originated during the French Revolution in 1789. In the National Assembly, those who opposed the king’s veto and supported change sat on the l…
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Day 13: our leading scholar #IanWatts takes us to the heart of #Hadza cosmology by following the zigzag trail of the mysterious entity !o!oko, cannibal grandmother and mantis trickster and transformer.
Stories and beliefs associated to the Mantis among the Hadzabe of Tanzania compare with the well-known figure of the Mantis among the /Xam Southern #San #huntergatherers. This suggests great antiquity of the concepts related to #lunar time.
The word itself -- !o!oko -- is probably very ancient with double alveolar-palatal click (pop sound from taking your tongue quickly away from the alveolar ridge). The -ko ending implies femaleness, but this entity has gender fluidity.
#13daysofXmas #RAGtoptalks
#egalitarianism #gender #trickster #IndigenousCosmology
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for the hot topic of factors involved in #gender #egalitarianism here. Being friends and pupils of the late, great #JamesWoodburn, we feel his use of 'egalitarian' reflects the dynamic quality of #huntergatherer #gender relations (authors who discuss the issues are mentioned, off the top of my head! I will try to fill in details/sources later)
Woodburn had some brilliant stuff on gender buried in unpublished notes which we are getting some access to. In his classic 1982 article here, he's addressing egalitarianism among men
#anthropology #politics #gender
https://libcom.org/article/egalitarian-societies-james-woodburn
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libcom.orgEgalitarian Societies - James WoodburnHumans lived as hunter-gatherers for 90% of human history. This classic article describes the radical egalitarianism of such societies.
Day 12: in this brilliant talk Dasa Bombjakova describes #moadjo, the #BaYaka theatre of #ridicule run by older #women if some man misbehaves!
'this lecture portrays the role of ridicule and other powerful levelling mechanisms in learning about the normative world of this gender-egalitarian BaYaka hunting and gathering society. How do you teach norms to children in this specific cultural context? What this has to do with the Colin Turnbull’s concept of noise? Dasa Bombjakova will address these questions and raise some tips on future research on norms in an egalitarian hunter-gatherer context.'
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#egalitarianism #gender #laughter #IndigenousCosmology #levelling
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Day 10: a follow-up talk from #MeganBiesele, world expert on #Ju/'hoan folklore, with the 'Story of the Elephant Girl' -- strongly similar to the Kua Buffalo Wife tale (they are some of the #oldest #stories in the world)
'Helga's story eerily echoes those Megan recorded in northwestern Botswana, also in the 1970s, of the Ju|'hoan Elephant Girl. Both address basic problems of life (e.g. that people's food prominently includes sentient beings). But her retold version appears to answer questions posed by seeming "gaps", puzzling to a western audience, in versions Megan collected.'
#13daysofXmas #RAGtoptalks
#egalitarianism #IndigenousCosmology
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Day 9: #HelgaVierich talks about ancient stories from the #Kalahari. This material is super important for anyone who wants to know about #huntergatherer #gender relations.
How do children learn to be human? Adults model behaviour and instruct morals by examples, with the help of the stories. These can be original myths, biblical and folktales, or sometimes parables, coming-of-age adventures, and legends, that illustrate good as well as bad outcomes. Here one such tale is recounted, as told to an anthropologist by a Kua storyteller in the southeastern Kalahari four decades ago. This features the Creator, a termite mound, a Buffalo wife, foolish humans, and poisonous farts. Enjoy.
#13daysofXmas #RAGtoptalks
#egalitarianism #IndigenousCosmology
Exceprt from "Degrowing Towards a #Solarpunk Future" by Gen Daquinan, published 19th June 2024.
Solarpunk and #Degrowth
"Solarpunk, at its core, embraces a degrowth ideology where it carries principles of #decentralization and #egalitarianism, with a focus on well-being. Degrowth steers away from the #GDP-centric economic models:
Profit → Sustainability
Productivity → Well-being
"Degrowth is the transition period between growth and a steady-state economy.
"In a solarpunk world where community is at the core, degrowth is pursued democratically. To better understand which practices to scale down and abandon, there is an immense necessity for a well-planned contraction of economic activities to foster a truly sustainable and just degrowth transition.
"This means that policy—how it is defined, implemented, and assessed—is co-created by the communities. Although one might argue that degrowth and solarpunk seem to be on opposite ends of the spectrum regarding technology usage, it’s important to recognize that they are not fundamentally opposed to each other; rather, they are two peas in a pod, both striving for sustainable use of technology. While solarpunk indeed embraces advanced technologies to improve #ecological and social conditions, it also promotes their use in ways that align with degrowth principles, emphasizing #DIY practices for circularity."
Read more:
https://www.girugten.nl/degrowing-towards-a-solarpunk-future/
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@SearingTruth "Some factors, notably large game hunting with weapons, would appear to require high levels of cooperation as a precondition."
From "The emergence of #egalitarianism in a model of early human societies" (2017)
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5727548/
PubMed Central (PMC)The emergence of egalitarianism in a model of early human societiesHow did egalitarianism emerge in early human societies? In contrast to dominance hierarchies in non-human primates, human simple forager bands are typically egalitarian, with male hunters often serving as the collective alpha. Here we present a ...
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Here is Emeka, doing a proper job of sharing meat of a black-fronted duiker, making sure his hunting stays good!
This is real #Inequityaversion
Photo: Jerome Lewis
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The French policy towards indigenous interests was much more accommodating than the British.
The entire concept of #egalitarianism came to Europe via the First Nations people.
There is a reason it’s one of the #FirstPrinciples of the French now…
[Canada: Nova Scotia] 'We put love into it': Group of N.S. women gather to make quilts for those in need
https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/we-put-love-into-it-group-of-n-s-women-gather-to-make-quilts-for-those-in-need-1.7100893
* group of women from Chester, N.S.
* busy on weekends making quilts for those in need (homeless)
* ea. quilt unique in size, shape, design
"We put laughter in it, we put love into it, all our emotions went into it, ..."
Atlantic · 'We put love into it': Group of N.S. women gather to make quilts for those in need A group of women in Chester, N.S., has been busy on the weekends making quilts – not for themselves, but for those in need.
The commons in prehistory: The case of Japan [pdf 18pp] #anthropology #Jomon #egalitarianism #prehistory https://web.archive.org/web/20240523072934id_/https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/n12314/pdf/ch16.pdf
In our first term at #SussexUniversity in 1966, all arts students were required to read https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71223 (Religion & the Rise of #Capitalism by RH Tawney)
Like the eternal triangle of liberty/equality/fraternity, government by capitalism (liberty), not modified by #egalitarianism (equality) or #morality (fraternity) leads to eg the #ClimateCrisis
So destroy capitalism?
Difficult - would take time.
Better - boost equality/fraternity in our #governance?
Project GutenbergReligion and the rise of capitalism : A historical study by R. H. TawneyFree kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
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@DoomsdaysCW @OccuWorld @egalitaire
The European #Enlightenment learned of the concept of #egalitarianism from the #FirstNations people.