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Sol_Hando t1_ja8vjg7 wrote

Reply to comment by IluvBsissa in "But what would people do when all jobs get automated ?" Ask the Aristocrats. by IluvBsissa

Not sure where you got the assumption that the Minoans and Etruscans were egalitarian societies? A quick look at the burials of the Etruscans or the gigantic temples and palaces of the Minoans makes it pretty clear that there were class structures with winners and losers.

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IluvBsissa OP t1_ja8xv5f wrote

Etruscan were a peace-loving society. They had kings and nobility, but they were more figure-head than actual sovereign with more economic power. For the Minoan, it is believed the palace was more of a common Temple for the people, rather than a royal palace. Again, Graeber and Wengrow, actual archeologist and anthropologist, explain the latest research on the subject.

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