Takers (Agriculturists) | Leavers(Tribal Societies) |
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Believe only their way is right | Don't believe only their way is right - it's right for them |
The world would be better if people were better | You don't need to improve people to make their system work. |
Can't develop a lifestyle that works (sustainable and inherited) | Lived in a working lifestyle for 100's of thousands of years |
Everything is based on utopian ideals (government, school etc. assumes a type of person which is evolved) | Based on human nature and tradition with years of evolution of their particular tribal law. |
Force others to follow their way - believe their way is best | Believe their way is best for them, others can live their own way |
Annihilate others in war | Fight to show their metal and be unpredictable - not to annihilate |
Get products and give products | Get support and give support |
Specialization; smaller and smaller family units till the breakup of nuclear family is complete | Complete cradle to grave support |
Laws prohibiting stuff - people know laws will be broken and this divided society into law breakers and upright citizens | No laws prohibiting as it doesn't take into account that humans will break laws - so the laws are to minimize the effects of damage to society |
Tribal security exchanged for money - a kind of substitute for the sense of tribal community that our species evolved with for 10,000s of thousands of years. |
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Feb 22, 2011
Daniel Quinn’s theories on culture and civilization part 2
The following table shows the basic differences in behavior between Takers (agriculturists) and Leavers (Tribal/Primitive societies) as described in Daniel Quinn’s book ‘My Ishmael’.
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Agriculture Takers,
Daniel Quinn,
Leavers,
My Ishmael,
Tribal Societies
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