10.5c – The Real Dawn of Everything: from democratic chieftains to despotic monarchs

This segment outlines the role that bargaining power plays in: 1. how social classes and economic hierarchy emerged around the world in cultures that initially had tribes made up of equal families 2. how authoritarian kings and emperors emerged, where previously there had only been charismatic or democratically elected chieftains 3. the emergence of the exploitation state TO SUPPORT MY EXISTENCE (I do not monetize my channel, and depend on donations in order to do this!): PAYPAL ONE TIME OR MONTHLY DONATIONS:  PATREON PER EPISODE DONATIONS  (subscribe via web browser, and NOT the apple app which takes 30% of your money!) KO-FI ONE TIME OR MONTHLY DONATIONS https://ko-fi.com/whatispolitics BIBLIOGRAPHY: (coming soon) TRANSCRIPT: (coming soon) VIDEO VERSION RSS FEED tweeter: @worbsintowords ALL MUSIC BY STARSIXNINE: (NEW ARTIST OWNED COOP PLATFORM!) or bandcamp or spotify 00:00 hello fellow kids: class structure is all about bargaining power, as determined by practical conditions 03:48 recap – from egalitarian socially liberal bands to conservative tribes 05:10 quadrant 3 preview / gimme 07:01 from charismatic/democratic chieftains to hereditary chiefs and monarchs 9:51 pacific northwest coast hierarchical feasting 11:18 vikings, from democratic to hereditary chieftains 13:08 chiefs vs kings 14:42 tribal vs nationalist solidarity 15:58 state and civilization: how ancient sumer went from democracy to despotism 19:25 states vs pastoralists 20:05 alliance of church and state 21:08 the nomadic pastoralist route to statehood 22:23 The purpose of the pre-democratic state 23:23 empire and clergy 26:13 incentives for social conservatism from above and below 27:07 the prohibition on pig meat 28:42 social conservatism as protection from superiors 29:20 recap 30:52 next time, gimme, seeya https://archive.org/download/10.5c/03%20-%20QUADRANT%2003.mp3 WHAT IS POLITICS? is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/