According to Marxist Historical Materialism, humans were relatively egalitarian in prehistoric times. In the neolithic times, agriculture( farming, herding) created a surplus and in guarding that surplus classes developed which led to gender oppression with continues to this day. According to this guy steven goldberg patriarchy is a central innate element of humanity due to testosterone or whatever. How do we as Marxists respond to theories like this?


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Exactly, i said bonobos were ONE of our closest relatives.
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I never said they were
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you clearly don’t understand what one of means but whatever.
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if you can’t understand something that basic, no explanation would suffice
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