Gregory's Server@Antigrav Smith invented capitalism the same way that Newton invented gravity. Capitalism and society are inextricably linked. That's why accounting was invented in Mesopotamia not long after agriculture.
https://maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/mathematical-treasure-mesopotamian-accounting-tokens
The notion that aboriginal peoples didn't have economies or systems of governance comes from the writings of colonizers who saw the native people as savages without sophistication. Colonizers who had a vested interest in perpetuating the offensive "noble savage" myth.
@your_huckleberry , I believe that before capitalism, as we know it today -
one that is rapidly spiraling out of control by syphoning existential needs from the bottom majority to the frivolity laden top few -
we had a sustainable version based on trading...
I should have made that differentiation in my earlier comment.