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Originally Posted by Maisy
...open the question up to any tribal society...
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North America was one big tribal society before 1492...
As far as the original letter you mentioned, I don't see how their tribal tendencies are so incompatable with democracy. We have many tribes here in America (wether we like it or not). If not familial, than tribes by race, creed, religious or political belief, geographical even. It doesn't stop the system here...
I think it is a poor argument to say that a culture is too complex to adopt democracy. It insults democracy as an inflexible doctrine suited only for simple cultures/simple people. A great example of a democratic republic (which is what we're really talking about here) is the original model that the US was based on: Rome.
In a culture based on class structure, familial, and patriarchal ties, they made it work well enough to last them for 400 years or so.
Regards,
Aric