The Minoan Crete civilisation was a large scale peaceful society, despite not having any prisons or police force.

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dansemacabreingalone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 149d

Okay but thry dont count because they dont exist anymore and are therefore invalid. Unlike all the violent slave horror societies we worship as justification for being like that. Thats different.

Deceptichum@quokk.au · 5 pts · 149d
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lurch@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 148d (2 replies)

Was it though. There is not much information about them and one of their alphabets/languages has not even been deciphered yet. It could well be, their ruling elite families just yeeted everyone they didn't like into the ocean. We may never know.

A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 148d (1 reply)

Wouldnt there be bones in the water then?

lurch@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 148d

Maybe there are, idk. All I'm saying is, we shouldn't fill the gaps with wishful thinking.