i have a slight problem with this notion of having to 'break' people before they can begin expressing symbolic art etc, could it not be said that the reason that the flourishing of sophisticated artistic expression did not fully occur before domestication and organized communities is simply a lack of time to allow this expression to take place, a pre-domesticated human hunter gatherer didn't as a rule have much time left in the day to paint after spending up to something like 12hrs hunting
@petegq Only about 20% of the food came from hunting in pre-domesticated society. Most of the food was gathered, and it is estimated (and also widely accepted) that people spent no more than four hours a day "working" (that is, collecting food etc.). People had lots of time to do whatever they wanted, but why would they need to go into a cave to paint, when they could just hang around and enjoy nature and each other's company instead?
Some hot primitivist chicks in the background.
sarcee1960 2 months ago
i have a slight problem with this notion of having to 'break' people before they can begin expressing symbolic art etc, could it not be said that the reason that the flourishing of sophisticated artistic expression did not fully occur before domestication and organized communities is simply a lack of time to allow this expression to take place, a pre-domesticated human hunter gatherer didn't as a rule have much time left in the day to paint after spending up to something like 12hrs hunting
petegq 1 year ago
@petegq Only about 20% of the food came from hunting in pre-domesticated society. Most of the food was gathered, and it is estimated (and also widely accepted) that people spent no more than four hours a day "working" (that is, collecting food etc.). People had lots of time to do whatever they wanted, but why would they need to go into a cave to paint, when they could just hang around and enjoy nature and each other's company instead?
Hrimturs 9 months ago
the idiot emo looking guy seriously needs to learn his stuff.
elfidox2 2 years ago 2
I have never heard of a metallica shirt wearing anarchist!
ddrumsman549 3 years ago 3
That guy was wearing a Metallica shirt!
I'm not so sure that putting a fence around your garden is privatization. Well, maybe it is, but there's been some debate over cultivation.
5ikk 3 years ago