[quote=Arraya]Complete and utter nonsense. The vast majority of human existence has been mostly egalitarian. Like 99%. Humans emerged as an egalitarian social species(dependent on others for survival with mostly equal distribution of resources) and nature rewarded this interdependent and egalitarian relationship. [/quote]
Of course, it makes perfect sense that what we do now is not natural. But is it realistic to expect that we could operate the same way with 6 billion humans on earth as we did when there were a million or so? I don’t think so. So the fact that what we do isn’t natural doesn’t automatically mean it’s not optimal. Because “natural” isn’t really an option any more. Is what we have the best possible system? Not in my opinion. What is? I don’t know.
I understand that your point was that egalitarianism does not fly in the face of darwinism, and that what we do have is not natural. So I’m not contradicting you. I’m just saying that I don’t think egalitarinaism of the type we had 8,000 years ago is possible now, and therefore shouldn’t be strived for.
