[MD] Sociability Re-examined

[John Carl]

Craig,

Interesting thought experiment but unfortunately it's too hypothetical
to have any explanatory value.  Your "individual" brave doesn't think
like that.  He's not the individual like  a conniving white man - he
doesn't itch with that kind of materialistic greed.  He craves status
in the tribe, to be recognized as a good hunter and provider of meat -
he wants to feed his woman and his kids and he cares deeply about the
rest of his tribe as if they were family.  He doesn't see them as
competition for resources.

This is because he's been informed socially, by a different way of
looking at life.  He'll cheat and steal for the good of the tribe, but
he identifies too strongly WITH his tribe, to individuate in the way
you describe.

John

On 8/24/14, Craig Erb <craig_erb at ymail.com> wrote:
> What we would call 'braves' go on what we would call a 'hunt'.  After the
> hunt each brave usually brings his or her gain back to what we would call
> the 'chief', who distributes it amongst the entire (what we would call)
> 'tribe'. If a brave fails to deliver the gain and the chief finds out, there
> is a conflict between the brave and the chief (and perhaps with the rest of
> the tribe).  The brave can decide to risk keeping his gain or give it up.
> At this point IMHO there is no right or wrong in the matter; it is a matter
> of biology.  What would need to be different for this to be a third level
> situation?
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