Quote Originally Posted by stinkyattic
I'd like to point out that in a tribal system, exile is a brief increase in freedom, followed by almost certain death by starvation, exposure, or at the hands of other tribal peoples who recognize you as an outcast and distrust you as such. If it were possible for humans to survive alone in the wild, with our unprotected thin hides, blunt teeth, vulnerable torsos, inefficient method of locomotion (the human knee is actually backwards to what it would be were we built to run faster), and complete lack of fangs, claws, tusks, armor plates, venom, ink sacs, or noxious sprays... I think politics would be moot, as society would simply not exist.

our greatest weakness... and yet! it is our greatest strength, through martial arts and tools.

we may not be built for long periods of speed, but in a short instant, a fraction of a second, we can move with snake like swiftness, which is enough to, at the very least, stun an attacker, giving us the chance to run. and since speed times force equals power, a small muscle can produce a huge sting if it moves fast enough.

FRANKLY, the human body is not meant to be lethargic by any means, but it is meant to be constantly active. and it is in constant activity that we become toughened up to a lot of the elements.

it doesnt take much effort to create our own "exoappendages", where we lack claws and fangs we make up for in knives and spears. it isnt hard to use the environment to our advantage, whereas it is more difficult for some animals to use certain aspects of the environment, we can use almost all of it.


IN any case, however, you are right, other tribes and the elements will eventually get to us, if not both.

FRANKLY politics REALLY shouldnt exceed a small area of influence, and should be integral, not stark and different between neighbors. say, a township sized political influence should be the largest influence of any political group, and all towns around it are similar with their own gradual differences until you reach the other side of the country where it is, or could be, completely polar opposite. that way if you are exhiled from your "tribe" or community, you can just go to your neighbor, and find a place where you fit in better, rather than being completely shunned by everyone around you, or just plain killed.


this is a MUST if we are going to continue to be a diverse nation of art and culture... if we ever were...


i dunno, im still thinking we were supposed to be the free nation where the whole world could fit in, and yet we arent, rather we're trying to change the whole world to suit us.


it's WRRRONG.