Could the Blackfoot Wisdom that Inspired Maslow Guide Us Now?
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[–]goobandit[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 2 years ago (3 children)
It’s impossible to know how many indigenous themes/ideas/practices were influential in shaping the “modern” world. And I’m not someone who thinks it was all maliciously stolen. It’s silly to think people never just exchanged cultural practices because they thought it would be helpful to someone who was unfamiliar.
[–]Antarchomachus 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun - 2 years ago (2 children)
Indeed, I suspect that when one civilization displaces or conquers another, the side that had more technology gets to write the prevailing historical narrative of self-glorification. A shame really, seeing as western civilization still venerates the ancient Greek philosophers, despite their relative technological inferiority to modern society.
As i said I have only recently become aware of some of these ideas. I personally wonder whether I would have been much more fulfilled in life living as some of the Native Americans were in the 1600-1700's (I realize there is wide variation among cultural practices here). A community working together to provide the basic needs of food and shelter for all while ensuring personal liberty and autonomy is something we can't even manage with all of our 'scientific progress'.
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[–]Antarchomachus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 2 years ago (0 children)
The 'cultural perpetuity' of the ruling class is absolutely one of the reasons I ended up here. Looking forward to learning more about the indigenous perspective from the community here in this sub.
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