Week 12: Early Americans IDs

Inca socialism

Inca socialism is a view created by Spanish authors to describe Inca society as a type of utopia. It was the image of the Inca Empire as a carefully organized system in which every community collectively contributed to the whole.

This is quite different from many other social systems in that others did not view people as equally as this system and people in other systems did not have meaningful jobs to the society. The caste system in India is a perfect example. It was never said to be any type of utopia, as it divided massive portions of its society and specialized everyone. In contrast, people were more equal in the Inca society and were all vital to the well-being of the community.