Stages (Marxism modes) | Technological revolution | Entity | boundary | Worldview | Source of politics | Religion |
Interdependent hunter- gatherer linked band (primitive communism) | Upper Paleolithic | Hunter-gatherer band | rigid | egalitarian territorialism | Instincts | animism, afterlife, shamanism |
Split pastoral- agrarian tribe (slave state) | Pastoral | Nomadic pastoral-trade tribe (nationalism) | rigid | competitive territorialism | Instincts | High gods and Ancestor worship |
Agricultural | Settled agrarian tribe (nationalism) | rigid | cooperative territorialism | Instincts | High gods and Ancestor worship | |
Split individualistic -collectivistic nation (feudalism) | Bronze | Individualistic feudal nation | flexible | individualism core | Rule of Law | Polytheism |
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| collectivism complement | Rule of Relation |
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Bronze | Collectivistic authoritarian nation | flexible | collectivism core | Rule of relation | Polytheism | |
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| individualism complement | Rule of law |
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Split individualistic -collectivistic mega nation (capitalism) | Iron | Individual capitalist mega nation | flexible | Individualism Core | Rule of law + Liberty | Monotheism |
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| Collectivism Complement | Rule of relation + division of professional |
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Iron | Collectivistic meritocratic mega nation | flexible | collectivism core | Rule of relation + division of professional | Henotheism | |
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| Individualism Complement | Rule of law + liberty |
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Split individualistic -collectivistic democracy (communism) | Industrial | Individual liberty Democracy | flexible | Individualism Core | Rule of law + liberty + affluence | Individualistic religious pluralism |
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| Collectivism Complement | Rule of relation + division of professional + affluence |
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