Mike Ballard posted a part of one of the essays from this issue, which references Richard B. Lee. He is a Canadian anthropologist. Lee wrote a terrific essay titled "Eating Christmas in the Kalahari." In it he gives a striking example of how equality is maintained in so-called "primitive" societies. I used this many times in class when talking about the relations of production. Inequality is so ingrained in us today, through multiple institutions. But as Lee says, it is a pretty recent phenomenon. Read the story here:
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