I'm feeling particularly antagonistic today so I'm gonna beef about civilization briefly. My job entails being nice enough to someone so they buy the product I sell for my than my company pays for it. That's being pretty simple about it but that's the gist.
Now, because I'm trying to be extra nice and helpful and since the customer knows I want his $$$$, certain societal codes of conduct that get thrown out in our "business transactions". Example, if I were to show up late to a scheduled call the customer could have a giant baby about it and take his $$$$ elsewhere even if I was helping a different customer out on an emergency which the first customer would be glad I did not leave his convo early if he was in the same situation. However, if the customer is late, well I have to just eat it since he's the founder of the sales feast and he can cancel dinner whenever.
Most people would say "duh" to this and being conditioned in the society we live in that response would make sense. It's just "business". But "business" or more so "successful business" really depends on how people treat each other so there is some personal roots in how it all goes down.
That's not the point I'm trying to make. Do hunter/gatherer societies demean themselves and play false to secure some sort of profit? Perhaps but I still think in a barter system there is far less boot-heel-licking than in our civilized world. Both sides would maintain reasonable expectations of conduct in both personal and "business" settings because there is no other way.
**Bonus: The phrase "too have a baby" about something just reflects how big a deal a baby is and would explain the notoriously annoying Facebook posts of people with children. I don't have one so maybe I don't get it but at the same time I said I'd never have a dog and I got one and love the dog very much but my whole life doesn't revolve around broadcasting his day-to-day to everyone within earshot.
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