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presumed betterment that comes with ‘civilization’.
Stephen Corry • Tribal Peoples for Tomorrow’s World
‘Many seasons ago: slavery and its rejection among foragers on the Pacific Coast of North America’
David Graeber • The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
Xinjiang (1864-1877) led by Ya`qub Beg,
Gardner Bovingdon • The Uyghurs: Strangers in Their Own Land
All the settlers of Australia had at their disposal was Stone Age technology. How could they cause an ecological disaster? There are three explanations that mesh quite nicely.
Yuval Noah Harari • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Before long, chiefs had managed to convince others they should be referred to as ‘kings’, even ‘emperors’.
David Graeber • The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

teleological,