• combat_brandonism [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    I think he found inspiration in some Iroquois political economy stuff is the underlying argument

    To take that to ‘colonizer’ can only be done in a land as illiterate as this one

    • SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      It’s that through Morgan’s work on ancient familial structures that Engles discusses in Origin of The Family, Private Property, and The State?

      My understanding is that, while a lot of the nitty gritty details have since been shown to be wrong, that the general outline still more or less holds