| ▲ | qarl a day ago |
| Right. I'm thinking of social behaviors that predate humans. |
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| ▲ | zdragnar a day ago | parent [-] |
| Territory and hunting grounds are a form of wealth, in that it is a form of control over shelter and natural resources like food and water. Money is a social construct for trading value, but is not itself a prerequisite for the accumulation of value (wealth). |
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| ▲ | qarl a day ago | parent [-] | | I think you missed my point. Let me try again: > ergo no social construct predates wealth. What about the social construct of parenting? | | |
| ▲ | zdragnar a day ago | parent [-] | | Easily argued to be a natural, biological instinct, and not a social construct. | | |
| ▲ | qarl 20 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yes, most social contracts do stem from evolved strategies. That was my original point. But parenting in humans varies from culture to culture. That's what makes it a social construct. |
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