Modern political theory—from Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau—is rooted in completely speculative imaginings about deep human history with no tangible evidence, yet these theories remain the foundation of contemporary political thought and academic instruction.
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David WengrowEvidence Quote
“they were completely speculative I mean they were conjured out of the imaginations of those people with no evidence tangibly whatsoever for the nature of human societies hundreds of thousands of years ago”
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Everything We Think We Know About Early Human History is Wrong | David Wengrow on Downstream— Novara MediaCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:30:32 PM
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