Different groups also went to war with each other, which is much more interesting than the fallacious claim that ‘they all got along’.
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I do not understand the need to whitewash (hah!) indigenous history to erase wars and conflict. Humans fight each other, and indigenous humans are human just like white humans.
What they didn't do is war at the scale that white people have done. That's the innovation.
the need to whitewash (hah!) indigenous history to erase wars and conflict
"The noble savage" myth thing rearing its' ugly head again, not too different than "only aliens could have built the pyramids/Machu Pichu/the Moai".
I wonder why they never say the same thing about the Parthenon, or the Great Wall of China, or so many huge structures in India. Some may be a little more recent, sure, but it's all still about lifting pretty big rocks.
“The noble savage” myth thing rearing its’ ugly head again, not too different than "only aliens could have built the pyramids/Machu Pichu/the Moai.
It's very sad. As someone who is deeply interested in the reasoning and behaviors of cultures at war, how they justify themselves, how they justify their actions, their policies and dispositions, it always upsets me when I see the notion that everyone except white folk, or by some of the more slightly-aware advocates, everyone except complex settled societies, lived in peace and harmony. But it's just another projection of moral judgement on an issue that shouldn't have it. Other cultures are not fables for you to teach your own rotted society, where the children no longer respect their elders and everyone is ~~writing a book~~ starting a podcast; they're unique and multifaceted societies that deserve accurate study in their own right.
Pre-state societies are often very violent, which is part of the reason why examining their tools for conflict resolution is so important. With weak centralized decision-making structures (like a state or commune-esque protostate), people have to get creative, and it's very fascinating.
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This is a very fascinating topic to me as well and would love to learn more.
Anthropology deals with it a lot!
I'm aware. It's hard for me to navigate anthropology though. I can find some info on the Web, but I don't really know what to look for, with books.
Helps to know it's divided into 4 sub-diciplines: Physical Anthro, Cultural Anthro, Archeology, and Linguistics. Each of these would approach the various questions through their own lense, finding the one that matches your topic interest best. You're probably gonna want to look for things regarding cultural anthro, since that's gonna handle the "why" of war more directly
Yes, but that's not good propaganda which is 95% of the reason the disinformation hub Hexbear exists.
a segment of lemmy loves to look down condescendingly on folks from .ml and hexbear
two quick questions though, how did a discuss on Australia turn into you accusing hexbear users? and what's your .world alt?
folks
Not accurate to call them that, plenty of them are LLMs.
Might be because the image is a Hexbear link, though this is probably one of the least objectionable things I've ever seen from Hexbear.
Hey, that sounds like the history of Canada too!
And the USA! And most of Europe before the Romans!
Technically, most of that is pre-history, since history is defined as the written record of what happened in the past.
Which is a pretty stupid definition that lots of historians nowadays dont really agree with anymore
And everywhere else on the planet throughout human history.
Now?! When I read it squinting?
Was easier for me to look for a readable version than to strain my eyes.
Oddly, the numbers in the 9th and 10th panels are different between the cartoonist's tumblr (my link) and facebook (op image) versions.
Why does this kid have demon bug eyes?
I'm pretty sure they're just empty eye sockets... Which makes me wonder why he's pretending to read the paper? 🤔
TIL the word corroboree, neat.
That was really cool, thanks for sharing
Happy Cakeday! 🍰🎂
Can't use that, super broken
It works fine for me on my desktop using Firefox with NoScript to block facebook, google and whatever ensighten is. Probably not the cause of your issues though, but in case it is.
Wow the cartoonist really destroyed their opponent in this imaginary scenario!
Also why tf does the boy have demonic eyes
Yeah this is fantasy.
Yeah this is fantasy.
Oh, I thought this meme was meant to be a documentary on school-age children. Now that I know that it isn't, I can...
... what do I do with this information, again?
Seriously, I might quibble as to the line between history and prehistory (which a good portion of that 60,000 years would be), but there's nothing here that's fundamentally wrong.
Thanks for clarifying. I thought this web comic was a word for word script of a real life conversation /s