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The Hunter-Gathering Man

As part of their egalitarian view they don't have leaders. The decisions are made by consensus in these groups. There might be a kind of nominal person who could be a woman. But that person has no more power than anybody else. Hunter-gatherers do not give orders to his children. For example, no adult announces bedtime. And night-children remain around adult until they kneel tired and fall asleep. Adults do not interfere with their children's lives. They don't tell children what to do. Even little children, they don't know. That sounds almost odd. Aren't there blossoms? Are there followers? You just don’t tell anybody what to do

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