Darwin discreteia sobre os entraves colocados ao desenvolvimento pelo comunismo primitivo à luz do que via do estado dos índios da Terra do Fogo:
"The perfect equality among the individuals composing the Fuegian tribes
must for a long time retard their civilization. As we see those
animals, whose instinct compels them to live in society and obey a
chief, are most capable of improvement, so is it with the races of
mankind. Whether we look at it as a cause or a consequence, the more
civilized always have the most artificial governments. For instance, the
inhabitants of Otaheite, who, when first discovered, were governed by
hereditary kings, had arrived at a far higher grade than another branch
of the same people, the New Zealanders,—who, although benefited by being
compelled to turn their attention to agriculture, were republicans in
the most absolute sense. In Tierra del Fuego, until some chief shall
arise with power sufficient to secure any acquired advantage, such as
the domesticated animals, it seems scarcely possible that the political
state of the country can be improved. At present, even a piece of cloth
given to one is torn into shreds and distributed; and no one individual
becomes richer than another. On the other hand, it is difficult to
understand how a chief can arise till there is property of some sort by
which he might manifest his superiority and increase his power." (from
"The Voyage of the Beagle" by Charles Darwin)
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