Comparing Kelemoke's Egalitarian, Complex And Pre-State Societies

Egalitarian, complex and state societies vary in many ways. Egalitarian societies favor equality for all people in the community. A complex society is more regulated, it consists of laws and individuals are divided based on their skills and weaknesses to be placed in the job that better benefits society as a whole. Egalitarian and complex societies are considered “pre-state societies”. State societies become more complex in how individuals are treated and crimes are punished. When comparing how the three societies deal with specific crimes there are many differences and it appears that over time the punishments for these crimes become more severe. This is proven to be true for the crime of incest. When comparing how couples are treated after
However, this appeared untrue in Kelemoke’s egalitarian society. After the incident took place and the punishment was over he continued a normal life. Five years later he is one of the most respected men in the village. He also married and had two children. In the complex case involving Tieng and his sister Aang they were forgiven after they cleaned their community. Washington was forced to be on the registered sex offenders list for his crime for the rest of his life. The crime itself may not have caused such a negative stigma for him but sharing a spot on a list with men who raped preschoolers caused people to have a hatred towards
The punishments are different for each society and how the individuals are treated after the incident and punishments are completed also vary depending on the type of society. In the egalitarian and complex societies, the couples were forgiven after the punishment was completed. However, in the state society, the negative punishment followed the individuals for the rest of their life. As time goes on it appears the punishments worse for the individuals involved which cause their community to view them in a negative way and them to see themselves as bad