Glossary
Small, relatively stable societies without private property and without permanent property-owning elites, but limited in organization, wealth, and scale.
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Egalitarian societies
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...important. The first and most important thing is he proposes an egalitarian society where men and women are all equal."
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Egalitarian societies are described as stable and peaceful because property is shared and, in Jiang's account, women often controlled population through reproductive choices.
model
The problem with egalitarian societies is that they have less organization, less wealth, and less scale, reaching at most about 10,000 people and therefore eventually being conquered.
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"...entire forest. Okay? Does that make sense? So it's good for societies, to constantly, change, over time. Any more questions? Okay. That's a great..."
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"Okay? So it's egalitarian. And, so, these societies, were, pretty stable. Okay? And the reason why is, usually, it was, the woman in charge,..."
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"...or you fight a civil war. And so, you take over egalitarian societies, and you make them into, your society. Okay? Do you understand?..."
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"...important. The first and most important thing is he proposes an egalitarian society where men and women are all equal."
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"...people, they are still treated with respect. Okay? It's a very egalitarian society. Okay? And what keeps the system in place is their belief..."
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"...mean by that is that as humans, progress, or as human society grows and grows, they need to constantly innovate in their system, and..."
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"...want because free debate, free open debate, is what allows for society to progress. So what John Stuart Mill does is he takes the..."
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"...church, the fall of feudalism. And they want to create an egalitarian society, all right? So in other words, these are proto -communists. Even..."
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"...much wealth. And second of all the Vikings are a very egalitarian society. The third thing that's important for us they didn't care that..."
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"...the Ice Age. Right? Remember the Ice Age we were in egalitarian society where everyone was equal. And the Garden of Edom is a..."
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"...Egypt, it was a real, it was a relatively peaceful and egalitarian society. Okay? Okay, any questions before I continue? Okay, so the question..."
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"...means, is, your population, now, can move up. Before, in the, egalitarian society, when you didn't have, a permanent elite, at most, society could..."
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