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mk  ·  926 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is an unknown, extraordinarily ancient civilisation buried under eastern Turkey?

    1) tribes gather at regular intervals to party, trade, fuck, dance, settle feuds and otherwise maintain the stability of individual tribes within a larger network of tribal culture

    2) Tribal gatherings grow unwieldy enough that they require management and support year-round

    3) year-round management and support requires agriculture and taxes

    4) year-round managers grow pointy hair, lord themselves over the hunter-gatherers

    5) Hunter-gatherers decide they're sick of the pointy-haired managers, call off civilization, convene next year's party somewhere else

Burning Man.