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[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"tribalism" being the word we use to label when a civilization engages in pointless violence when it's tribes that avoid this bullshit naturally by excluding the waste of time members of society who try to break society is so frustrating to me

[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In all fairness, tribes did occasionally fight.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

sure. but tribes didn't often engage in systematic eliminations. genocide is something civilizations do

[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Probably depends on the definition of "tribe", but yeah, I agree in principle.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago

You mean like the civilization of Homo Sapien Sapiens that genocided the Neanderthals?