punkisundead comments on [Question] When have we as a human species started to create social hierarchies?

[–] punkisundead@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Aurhority is not necessarily hierarchy. Ideally I follow an elders authority based on their experience and from my own free will, not because of coercion or force. Especially when following an elders advice might be a matter of live and death for me and my group.

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[–] A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

gonna chime in here. we refer to this as the authority of the boot-maker.

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[–] alapakala 1 point 2 months ago

then the first homonids were already epistemically authorizing their care givers through imitations.

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[–] imeansurewhynot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

This is why I suggested aboriginal Australians here as an alternative. Their authority figures definie their social hierarchy, but given the more narrow colloquial label-based understanding of authority and hierarchy, one can freely think of Australian Aboriginal hierarchy as anarchic.

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