• FrowingFostek@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      Clans always gave me the vibe like they needed to be blood related to one another. Is that how you interpret the word?

      • Grail@multiverse.soulism.net
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        In traditional Australia, everyone was blood related to each other. I mean, everyone’s still blood related, but now there’s a lot more people who can’t tell you who their great^10 grandparents were.

        So here in Australia, the difference between a clan and a tribe isn’t blood. It’s democracy. Tribes have Chiefs. Clans have Elders. The Elders are in charge, but everyone has a voice.

        Athens didn’t invent Democracy 3000 years ago. Aboriginal clans beat them.