- 28 Dec 2017 02:15
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More like state capitalism.
You set the perimeters with the spears.
Also, that's just the economy.
You can rearrange it how you like. There is a tribal aristocracy. One group has a monopoly on the spearheads, another on spear shafts, etc., And there's a ruling council appointed by the priests, and the priesthood is supported by contributions from the council, which distributes the taxes from it's cut from the hunters, and spear manufacturers.
Point is the owners of the spears likely don't hunt, and if they have a sufficient pyramid, they probably get rich off of doing nothing at all. Therefore, their status of being rich is attributable to their ownership of capital, I.e. the spears which are necessary for the hunters, which are necessary for feeding the society. Because of inheritance, a given guy probably was born into ownership of his spear shaft manufacturing operation.
He is also in a position to manipulate supply, in order to affect prices to his benefit, transferring wealth from the hard working hunters to himself through monopoly control (monopoly and oligopoly exerts itself frequently in contemporary capitalism).
This is all really basic stuff. Your initial notion truly didn't meet the laugh test.
SolarCross wrote:Your thought experiment sounds like communism.
More like state capitalism.
You set the perimeters with the spears.
Also, that's just the economy.
You can rearrange it how you like. There is a tribal aristocracy. One group has a monopoly on the spearheads, another on spear shafts, etc., And there's a ruling council appointed by the priests, and the priesthood is supported by contributions from the council, which distributes the taxes from it's cut from the hunters, and spear manufacturers.
Point is the owners of the spears likely don't hunt, and if they have a sufficient pyramid, they probably get rich off of doing nothing at all. Therefore, their status of being rich is attributable to their ownership of capital, I.e. the spears which are necessary for the hunters, which are necessary for feeding the society. Because of inheritance, a given guy probably was born into ownership of his spear shaft manufacturing operation.
He is also in a position to manipulate supply, in order to affect prices to his benefit, transferring wealth from the hard working hunters to himself through monopoly control (monopoly and oligopoly exerts itself frequently in contemporary capitalism).
This is all really basic stuff. Your initial notion truly didn't meet the laugh test.