A very rich man having a large polygynous harem means that many of the women are effectively out of the gene pool and of those women who do have offspring, they will be only half-diverse--half of that population's next generation will be "roughly" 50% identical (well, probably closer to 25% individually, because the father gives 50% of his genes, but 50% of their alleles will come from one source).
The majority of men have not reproduced throughout human history, this is not unusual for people to be left out of the gene pool. You're acting like one single man mates with an entire society - no, half of the population's next generation will not be 50% identical. A tiny fraction of it will be because there is more than one man in a specific society able to provide for a child. The priority is always the survival of the offspring first and foremost.
In cultures where the survival strategy is based on the whole community working together to raise children, the diversity is strongly encouraged, evolutionarily. The situation you present above is a relatively recent development in human history, especially before agrarian societies.
But those cultures are not the norm, nor the majority. People have always worked together in societies to raise children, it doesn't mean they share resources or sperm. You just said above, agreed upon by reputable anthropologists, historians, and evolutionary psychologists, that the majority of civilisations throughout human history prior to 1,000 years ago were polygynous polygamies. So why are you now arguing that my polygonous situation is a relatively recent development?
You keep using that phrase...
Biologically wired (or biologically hard-wired) implies something we are born with and cannot change. Very little of human behavior is biologically wired--the vast majority is due to software rather than hardware, the behaviors we have modeled to us in childhood, the norms we were raised with. The same with biological imperatives--I don't see anthropologists or evolutionary psychologists using that term. A quick search for the phrase shows that it appears in a lot of sources that are not scientific journals. I would not trust Business Insider, Harvard Business Review and the like to be reliable sources for scientific information.
No, it means that humans are biologically rewarded for certain behaviours for the purpose of an evolutionary advantage to the point where it becomes natural instinct. We are biologically wired to pursue sex, for example. Or to pursue fertile women for reproduction. Or to fear death or social exclusion. Our sexual attractions are biologically wried based on what was evolutionarily advantageous for us as a species.
The
tabula rasa theory is long since disproven and ridiculous pseudo-science. The majority of human behaviour is driven by genetic influences and biological urges, not by societal enforcement.
You have characterized non-monogamy (promiscuity) as unnatural. You declared that both men and women are turned off by promiscuity, making a general statement about men and women, and not qualifying it as some men and some women.
As I said above, anthropologists, historians, and evolutionary psychologists mark that modern monogamy is only about a thousand years old. Promiscuity did not just become prominent in the last 50 years, it was the norm for most of our human history.
No, I haven't, and it shows how much you have been paying attention. Polyamory (promiscuity) is unnatural, and it was not the norm in human history. Sexual exclusivity in both monogamy and polygamy is natural due to being evolutionary advantageous as I explained previously.
Both men and women are turned off by promiscuity. Requiring that I clarify a general statement like this with "some" is just uncharitable ridiculousness. If I say that dogs enjoy going on walks, it is just outright dishonest to hold it against me as
all dogs enjoy going on walks in an attempt to counter my argument with "but not all!".
From my perspective, you presented your own cultural biases and presented them as norms for the species as a whole. My information is not limited to my own perspective, I have included research and publications by people in the field who study such things as a career, and whose papers are vigorously peer reviewed.
From my perspective, you can't follow the conversation and keep misunderstanding my position. I very clearly explained why my positions are evolutionarily advantageous and would have been practised behaviour throughout human history - it has nothing to do with current cultural practices. I haven't seen any research or publications from you - are hyperlinks or attachments not working for me or something? It's not like peer-reviewed means anything in science these days anyway.
Also, I did not claim to not understand, I said I didn't "grok it," a concept from Stranger in a Strange land (and common with the real world Church of All Worlds), meaning "To understand profoundly and intuitively (emphatically)."
I was referring to
this post by yourself, where you claim to have vague understandings and guesses on a surface level.