We should probably not confuse preference and necessity. Some people enjoy being in a tribe. Other people don’t enjoy being in a tribe, but it is their only (or most likely) way to survive in their situation.
Just because you miss not being in a tribe is not a proof that if you were a member of an actual tribe, you would enjoy it. Actual tribe might differ from your idea of a tribe; it could be full of people you would hate, and in some kind of society you could have no reasonable way to escape.
We should probably not confuse preference and necessity. Some people enjoy being in a tribe.
I don’t think there are some people who enjoy every kind of tribe and others who hate every kind of tribe.
It largely depends on the other people in the tribe and your relationships with them.
Sure, there are different tribes, and different personalities. Let’s assume that an “average tribe” is… well, average; not very abusive, but also not perfect.
I think some people, if given realistic free choice, would prefer to live in that tribe, and some people would prefer to live in an individualist society. So let’s say the former are “voluntary tribesmen”, although they may have bad luck and end up in an abusive tribe. The latter, if they live in a culture that does not give them a choice, are “involuntary tribesmen”.
From the outside, the “voluntary” and “involuntary” tribesmen may look the same for an observer from our culture. Both stick with their tribe. But one of them enjoys it, and the other one only does it to prevent starvation of themselves or their relatives. Just because we sometimes feel that we would enjoy living in a tribe, we should not believe that all people living in tribes are of the “voluntary” type.
We should probably not confuse preference and necessity. Some people enjoy being in a tribe. Other people don’t enjoy being in a tribe, but it is their only (or most likely) way to survive in their situation.
Just because you miss not being in a tribe is not a proof that if you were a member of an actual tribe, you would enjoy it. Actual tribe might differ from your idea of a tribe; it could be full of people you would hate, and in some kind of society you could have no reasonable way to escape.
I don’t think there are some people who enjoy every kind of tribe and others who hate every kind of tribe. It largely depends on the other people in the tribe and your relationships with them.
Sure, there are different tribes, and different personalities. Let’s assume that an “average tribe” is… well, average; not very abusive, but also not perfect.
I think some people, if given realistic free choice, would prefer to live in that tribe, and some people would prefer to live in an individualist society. So let’s say the former are “voluntary tribesmen”, although they may have bad luck and end up in an abusive tribe. The latter, if they live in a culture that does not give them a choice, are “involuntary tribesmen”.
From the outside, the “voluntary” and “involuntary” tribesmen may look the same for an observer from our culture. Both stick with their tribe. But one of them enjoys it, and the other one only does it to prevent starvation of themselves or their relatives. Just because we sometimes feel that we would enjoy living in a tribe, we should not believe that all people living in tribes are of the “voluntary” type.