"Subjugation is inevitable in human societies"
Wow what a great debate this was! I must say subjugation being defined as bringing under one's control it is a difficult topic to argue. I feel like it could be argued both ways but I will lean more to the no side of this. I feel like we definitely argued our points very well that subjugation can be avoided very well if people try hard enough to work together as one entity rather than attempting to overpower one another. The opposing side made the point that there is always one power hungry person within the community that attempts to manipulate the people into becoming their followers. But I'd like to point out that the nomadic people had no official leader because they had no specific place that they would settle down in. Also, they lived a hunter gatherer kind of lifestyle and they worked together in order to equally divide the food and materials amongst the fellow nomads. Seminal thinkers such as Confucious even encouraged being good to one another and working as a unit in order to have a functional community. Most people would think that oh that's totally impossible to not be oppressed by a single person or a group of people. If the paleolithic people and neolithic people were able to withstand being oppressed it is more than possible for people living in empires to be able to not subjugate the people by instilling fear within them, but instead they can work together and come to agreements that benefit all parties involved. I will acknowledge that the other side did make a somewhat valid point that a community has more structure and stability when there is someone in charge and having control over the people as a whole. However, in regards to mesopotamians and other indigenous peoples there was no main ruler but the Gods for them and they were able to maintain a stable and structured community. The people didn't have to fear oppression from any person but they feared the consequences when crossing spirits. This just shows that it is very possible for there to be no subjugation in a community if the people are willing to collaborate and work together.
Wow what a great debate this was! I must say subjugation being defined as bringing under one's control it is a difficult topic to argue. I feel like it could be argued both ways but I will lean more to the no side of this. I feel like we definitely argued our points very well that subjugation can be avoided very well if people try hard enough to work together as one entity rather than attempting to overpower one another. The opposing side made the point that there is always one power hungry person within the community that attempts to manipulate the people into becoming their followers. But I'd like to point out that the nomadic people had no official leader because they had no specific place that they would settle down in. Also, they lived a hunter gatherer kind of lifestyle and they worked together in order to equally divide the food and materials amongst the fellow nomads. Seminal thinkers such as Confucious even encouraged being good to one another and working as a unit in order to have a functional community. Most people would think that oh that's totally impossible to not be oppressed by a single person or a group of people. If the paleolithic people and neolithic people were able to withstand being oppressed it is more than possible for people living in empires to be able to not subjugate the people by instilling fear within them, but instead they can work together and come to agreements that benefit all parties involved. I will acknowledge that the other side did make a somewhat valid point that a community has more structure and stability when there is someone in charge and having control over the people as a whole. However, in regards to mesopotamians and other indigenous peoples there was no main ruler but the Gods for them and they were able to maintain a stable and structured community. The people didn't have to fear oppression from any person but they feared the consequences when crossing spirits. This just shows that it is very possible for there to be no subjugation in a community if the people are willing to collaborate and work together.
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