I have only listened to the pre history stuff for Tides, but I like it a lot. It is very interesting to me personally, but also I think learning about how humans lived in the distant past is quite useful as you can see how adaptable we are and just the sheer variety of social organizations we have had over time. I feel like it can be easy for people living now to feel like ‘there is no alternative’ to capitalism. Even if we as socialists know that isn’t true I think learning about different societies and cultures in the past makes it more concrete.
I have only listened to the pre history stuff for Tides, but I like it a lot. It is very interesting to me personally, but also I think learning about how humans lived in the distant past is quite useful as you can see how adaptable we are and just the sheer variety of social organizations we have had over time. I feel like it can be easy for people living now to feel like ‘there is no alternative’ to capitalism. Even if we as socialists know that isn’t true I think learning about different societies and cultures in the past makes it more concrete.