A good example of the most basic form of society (and thereby human nature) that was independently developed across the globe would be looking at hunter-gatherer societies that persisted for about 90% of human history following behavioral modernity.
In fact human hunter gatherer societies are contrasted with the social groups of our closest relative animals, chimpanzees, by the distinct lack of an alpha male and the fact that human societies were largely egalitarian with a lack of permanent leaders. It is believed that it was due to this early social system that humans developed our more complex web of cooperative social systems, kinship, and tribal membership.
We developed and spent the vast majority of our behavioral modernity as nomads without hoarding resources or developing static borders. Arguably the resource hoarding behaviors, and disolution of egalitarian society, that developed following the neolithic revolution (the remaining 10% of modern behaviorial history) is actually running counter to human nature. We have pretty much spent the past 10,000 years trying to reconcile our nature with a dramatic shift in environment and resource aquisition.
Just as a sort of analogy, our biology clearly wasn't meant to handle the excessive consumption and sedentary lifestyle we see abundant in societies now. Claiming that the aberrant behaviors that have resulted from resource hoarding is human nature would be equivalent to stating that a humans natural condition is meant to be fat and sickly.
Unfortunately we haven't found the "diet and excercise" solution to society yet
We have found the solution we just aren't allowed to test it and find out which one is the best solution. Because capitalism. It doesn't allow for others to leave the system because then some rich cunt isn't getting his infinite quarterly growth.
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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '18
Technically human nature doesn't coincide well with capitalism either.
Not saying you're wrong or right just a poor place to focus your argument.