Isn’t all social consent “manufactured” and highly contextual? 
Why assume that “tribal” culture (whatever the hell that is) depends entirely on force to “enforce” conformity, when we do know other forms of consensus building are quite common (community governance, via councils, gift culture, etc) within various kinds of cultures that aren’t urban-based (and are more likely to be small-scale and face-to-face - I guess what we “imagine” when we say “tribal”)? And violence is used in “modern” society to enforce consensus too… especially with regards to women, POC, LGBQT+ folks, etc. These very same kinds of men we’re talking about regularly use threats of violence and violence to impose their will on others. The heart of authoritarianism is about enforcing one’s will via violence, after all.
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