I was just thinking about ancestry (though, not necessarily race) and how our different lineages effect us today, and though we surmise that we are in some way or another all relatively the same or equal, it's still interesting to think that we all posses a variety of traits and qualities that could be at least partially linked to our unique genetic heritages.
I was thinking then that as well with what this would have looked like in distant past, and how this effects the world now, and then I started to think about the concepts of collectivism and egalitarianism and I wondered, is there perhaps different forms of egalitarianism?
I was thinking this because I think that generally, most people desire some level of harmony or understanding, but I noticed there seems to be different perceptions of ways of going about it. I've read a fair amount about ingenious people's as I find them interesting, specifically the Native American's and even though they lived in communal living situations, I got a sense that they were in some ways individualistic in that they took and saw each other very specifically on an 'individual level' and as well saw things from that perspective. I experienced harmony and kinship, but it was through that kind of way...
I was just wondering perhaps as well if this would be the cause of some of the misunderstandings and conflicts we see today in the world.
I was thinking then that as well with what this would have looked like in distant past, and how this effects the world now, and then I started to think about the concepts of collectivism and egalitarianism and I wondered, is there perhaps different forms of egalitarianism?
I was thinking this because I think that generally, most people desire some level of harmony or understanding, but I noticed there seems to be different perceptions of ways of going about it. I've read a fair amount about ingenious people's as I find them interesting, specifically the Native American's and even though they lived in communal living situations, I got a sense that they were in some ways individualistic in that they took and saw each other very specifically on an 'individual level' and as well saw things from that perspective. I experienced harmony and kinship, but it was through that kind of way...
I was just wondering perhaps as well if this would be the cause of some of the misunderstandings and conflicts we see today in the world.
