Kyle Montanio (fantasticaleconomics@geekdom.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 09:33:45 JST

Here's an example from modern day Louisiana:

"These people came together to build these incredible monuments, and according to the archaeological evidence, they did it in the absence of any kind of institutional hierarchy, wealth differences, or intensive agricultural systems. All of that was once thought to be a prerequisite for social complexity.”