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Wealth inequality's deep roots in human prehistory (www.sciencedaily.com)
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Date: April 14, 2025 Source: Washington State University Summary: Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing. That's according to a new study that challenges traditional views that disparities in wealth emerged suddenly with large civilizations like Egypt or Mesopotamia

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[–] bathing_in_bismuth@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago

Ideologies: I can fix her

[–] profgrumpypants@midwest.social 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I was thinking of this very thing the other day. Because I was thinking about Solar Punk, and the idealism that people will trade one set of talents for another. Yet in my head, I thought - once we started settling lands and owning things (basically transitioning to agrarian lifestyles) we left many of our egalitarian ways behind. I am not saying that communities that share can't exist. I am just thinking about how security tends to come with a series of costs that many will labor their entire lives over just to have a sliver.

I am too tired to give a deeper read on the summary (I read it but things are flying from my head). I have just had so many conflicting thoughts as of late that I have been trying to move through. I think because often I love the ideal of equitable acts, but I do not understand how they can reasonably be applied en masse without large changes. Which I think is the hope of automation, but the reality tends to be much bleaker because capitalism.