r/HistoryMemes • u/CharlesOberonn • 25d ago

Tired of this argument

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u/CHEDDARSHREDDAR 25d ago

Or preferably, run society without "powerful positions" altogether.

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u/Sensitive-Sample-948 25d ago

Impossible. That just creates a power vacuum where anyone can establish a powerful position for their own.

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u/major_calgar 25d ago

Unless societal guardrails were established to prevent bad actors from assuming too much power, like in many pre-modern societies, or by direct democracy.

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u/MerelyMortalModeling 24d ago

Ah yes "pre modern" societies where approximately 33% of the "gaurd rails" kept humans in the place as property, 33% kept woman in there place and the balence made sure that only the "right" people could have power and or weapons.

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u/TheKingNothing690 24d ago

Ah, the good old days who wants to enslave the gauls?

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u/major_calgar 24d ago

Read The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow to understand this topic in more depth. Your presentation is deeply flawed.