Can a primitive society survive the invasion of "civilized man"?

Question

in other words..can cavemen survive us taking them over?

Answer 1

No...they would become like us.

Answer 2

Nope.  American Indians, Mayans, Incas, Polynesians, African tribes, Indians (the ones from India!)  Aboriginal people, h**l, even the dang Japanese, with their sophisticated society...  no one has ever stood up to a culture with a technological (guns!) leg up on them.  Heck, read the history of Ireland and England for an example of how this works from a purely industrial standpoint.

The only exception is a fanatical society that will sacrifice itself to deny the invader.  Oop... I guess that isn't an exception, afterall.  They will either die or assimilate, also.

So... no.

Answer 3

Nope. As the Borg say 'Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated. Your uniqueness will be added to the collective'

The good ole melting pot.

Answer 4

They will/can survive it but probably at great cost.  I believe people/cultures should have been left alone.  A prime example are the American Indian people who having had their ways changed, their lands taken for the most part,  and their culture unacknowledged as special and in need of the "white man's ways" have turned to alcohol.

It is probably common knowledge that their is an extremely high percentage of alcoholism on the remaining Indian reservations.  Small wonder; alcohol is an anesthetizes  pain.  The pain of losing your identity and culture is probably too much for most people to take without resorting to a drug.

My answer is they will survive . The real question is  - is it worth the cost in terms of loss of happiness, cohesiveness .

Answer 5

Look at history.  Every culture we try to help has been destroyed.  The question is who is more likely to be civilized?  Technogical superiority is not a measure of civility.

Answer 6

This is an interesting question because, historically, the invaders have been the ones to decide who was primitive and who was not.

Answer 7

not a chance in h**l

Answer 8

Not very well.

Answer 9

who is deciding who's primitive and who is civilized?