The state came after hierarchies tho… And people gaining “more than others” needs A LOT of different technologies, like private property, patriarchy etc.
Technologies that are not necessary for our survival at all.
That were many different civilisations and peoples that were egalitarian, some even very complex. The hills peoples of eastern India, the ancient IVC, Cacuteni Trypillia, many American native peoples etc.
I’m not sure I agree here. Hierarchy came from some people gaining far more than others, and using the State based on ideas that recreate the system.
The state came after hierarchies tho… And people gaining “more than others” needs A LOT of different technologies, like private property, patriarchy etc.
Technologies that are not necessary for our survival at all.
That were many different civilisations and peoples that were egalitarian, some even very complex. The hills peoples of eastern India, the ancient IVC, Cacuteni Trypillia, many American native peoples etc.