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Grotte de Font-de-Gaume
Lascaux cave
Rouffignac Cave
Chauvet Cave
Gila Cliff Dwellings national monument
Chaco National historic park
Bandalier National monument
Aztec ruins National monument
Petroglyph national monument
I could go on and on and on.
There are hundreds of museums dedicated to various stateless native societies in the United States filled with tens of thousands of admired and coveted native artifacts such as tools, wardrobes, textiles, pottery, weapons and culturally significant items.
Is it more impressive that the Roman’s left behind aqueducts and amphitheaters but only managed to maintain their society for 1000 year or is it more impressive that the Cheyenne Indians had a contiguous society and culture that lasted many multiples longer but didn’t leave behind massive stone structures? They did still leave behind beautiful and unique items of all kinds. It’s a subjective choice between the two, but longevity of society is a factor.
Centralized societies have a much shorter lifespan. They also seem to have lower typical quality of life per capita as the subjects productivity is used as fuel for the rulers vision’s through violence and coercion.
Imagining American society today, and what will be left behind in the event of collapse, is a good thought experiment too. Most of the buildings here wouldn’t last more than a century uncared for. There will be a lot of garbage and plastic and toxic seepage. I see no honor or longevity in most of western societies of the day. Trash people and throw away societies with nothing of cultural significance that will endure. In that respect, many native societies of the past are much more respectable than today’s modern “civilized” societies.
Lascaux cave
Rouffignac Cave
Chauvet Cave
Gila Cliff Dwellings national monument
Chaco National historic park
Bandalier National monument
Aztec ruins National monument
Petroglyph national monument
I could go on and on and on.
There are hundreds of museums dedicated to various stateless native societies in the United States filled with tens of thousands of admired and coveted native artifacts such as tools, wardrobes, textiles, pottery, weapons and culturally significant items.
Is it more impressive that the Roman’s left behind aqueducts and amphitheaters but only managed to maintain their society for 1000 year or is it more impressive that the Cheyenne Indians had a contiguous society and culture that lasted many multiples longer but didn’t leave behind massive stone structures? They did still leave behind beautiful and unique items of all kinds. It’s a subjective choice between the two, but longevity of society is a factor.
Centralized societies have a much shorter lifespan. They also seem to have lower typical quality of life per capita as the subjects productivity is used as fuel for the rulers vision’s through violence and coercion.
Imagining American society today, and what will be left behind in the event of collapse, is a good thought experiment too. Most of the buildings here wouldn’t last more than a century uncared for. There will be a lot of garbage and plastic and toxic seepage. I see no honor or longevity in most of western societies of the day. Trash people and throw away societies with nothing of cultural significance that will endure. In that respect, many native societies of the past are much more respectable than today’s modern “civilized” societies.