Capitalism – The default state of affairs since the Neolithic revolution
Just an idea. Don’t shoot/execute/enslave me dear socialists.
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Should have enjoyed it while you could – now it’s gone!
“We must change nature, but we can’t change human nature” has been the cry of the most serious conservationists. I don’t see the point.
Agreed – Like many animals and all primates, humans form hierarchies of dominance. It is easy to recognize social hierarchies in modern life. Corporations, government, chess clubs, and churches all have formal hierarchical structures of officers. Where does it say we should strive to equal everything out so nobody has more than anybody else? And what would the cost be of trying to achieve such perfect equality?
“In England in the seventeenth century, almost two-thirds of land was owned by landlords and worked by peasant tenants. The previous two centuries were characterised by violent struggles between peasant tenants and landlords over the rents and fines the latter could impose on the former. It was, Brenner observed, the victory of the landlords over the tenants that created the incredibly unequal property relations that would characterise English land ownership up until the present day.”