Title: Why are governments created? - Quora
Headings: Why are governments created?
Why are governments created?
Content: You could say Government has existed for as long as there’s been social behavior. Millions of years ago, man’s ancestors found that if they worked together in groups it was far easier to survive, leading to the first tribes. Now humans, and especially males, tend to form hierarchies lead by an alpha male, and it is from them that the modern state as we know it came into existence. As communities grew into cities following the neolithic revolution, the old system of “Everyone just obeys the chief” was no longer practical. So alpha males began forming administrations and bureaucracies so that pe
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You could say Government has existed for as long as there’s been social behavior. Millions of years ago, man’s ancestors found that if they worked together in groups it was far easier to survive, leading to the first tribes. Now humans, and especially males, tend to form hierarchies lead by an alpha male, and it is from them that the modern state as we know it came into existence. As communities grew into cities following the neolithic revolution, the old system of “Everyone just obeys the chief” was no longer practical. So alpha males began forming administrations and bureaucracies so that people lower than them in the pecking order could carry out their orders and enforce their laws. Now because man is inherently hierarchical, there will always be alpha males, and getting rid of one will only allow another to take his place.