## Metadata - Author: [[Francis Fukuyama]] - Full Title: The Origins of Political Order - Category: #books ## Highlights - Rousseau pointed out that the origin of political inequality lay in the development of agriculture, and in this he was largely correct. Since band-level societies are preagricultural, there is no private property in any modern sense. Like chimp bands, hunter-gatherers inhabit a territorial range that they guard and occasionally fight over. But they have a lesser incentive than agriculturalists to mark out a piece of land and say “this is mine.” If their territory is invaded by another group, or if it is infiltrated by dangerous predators, band-level societies may have the option of simply moving somewhere else due to low population densities. ([Location 1220](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00457X7VI&location=1220)) - Hunting in particular leads to sharing, since there is no technology for storing meat, and hunted animals must be consumed immediately. There is considerable speculation on the part of evolutionary psychologists that the almost universal contemporary practice of meal sharing (Christmas, Thanksgiving, Passover) is derived from the millennia-long practice of sharing the proceeds of hunts. ([Location 1230](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00457X7VI&location=1230))