Comment on Are you not entertained?
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 month agoIt’s just one of those things that sounds sorta believable and has a feel good message but a lot of those are actually bunk
Comment on Are you not entertained?
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 month agoIt’s just one of those things that sounds sorta believable and has a feel good message but a lot of those are actually bunk
Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 month ago
No, I remember reading it. There is a lot of niche knowledge you cannot find on the Internet easily.
There are a lot of African traditions around gift giving (like potlatch) and redistribution of wealth as well as concepts of collective wealth (Ubuntu). Here is an article that talks about it, but does not mention the specific tribe I was thinking about. www.sociostudies.org/journal/articles/3600660/
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
With the article being rather long, does it mention the particular tradition talked about here? I don’t doubt you’ve read it, I am just skeptical if it is a real tradition. And it’s hard to gauge that with no info
Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It does talk about leaders not owning their wealth as it was owned collectively by the tribe. No, it does not mention this specific tribe. I can’t find my anthro book either.
I could have remembered it wrong. I spent some more time poking around the Internet this morning about chiefdoms. I still couldn’t find the specific tribe, but I learned some other interesting things.
There does seem to be some romanticizing small groups and the concept of tribal communism. So there is definitely something to support your skepticism.