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In reply to the discussion: Jared Diamond: Do Hunter-Gatherer Societies Raise Their Children Better Than Americans Do? [View all]tama
(9,137 posts)Pashtun society and culture is not hierarchically centralized but decentralized network of largely self-reliant smaller communities united most importantly by ancient ethical code preserved by oral tradition called Pashtunwali, which is not limited to native speakers of Pashtun but has been adopted by other neighboring cultures. And they have been at least significant enough to succesfully resist both Soviet Union and US empires.
Our various coevolutionary relations and how they affect our population dynamics and forms of social organization is a complex multivariable issue, but any serious anthropological study will not lead to conclusion that global power hierarchy with bankers on top is the only option with any population number. Or that nation state hierarchies are any more natural form of social organization, or that decentralized bottom up network of communities could not be possible on global scale.
Locally sustainable communities can have very strict (unwritten) social norms, but there is great variety and also individual freedom of movement to stay in community and company that suits individual needs.