Which culminates in politicians, taxes, wars, and regulation. I often think that the hunter-gatherer folks are the only ones left that have any sense.You have to have some domesticated crops and preferably animals to start a civilization. It all begins with the ability of a few farmers to feed the masses. Then you can can division of labor, professional specialists, and so on. If you’re lucky enough to have some animals you can raise to eat and pull a plow, even better.
If a group of people don’t have that they stay stuck in hunter gatherer mode, and the top priority of everyone is finding food.