Fab - I could have written this myself. On Sep 25, 10:19 pm, adrian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > chazwin wrote: > > Would you like my shorter than H.G. Wells History of the world? > > Once upon a time twe were hunters and foddgatherers. They were not much for > accummulaing > goodies when we had to carry them along. So then arrived farming which needs > a settled > existence.
That is, of course, where we made our first mistake. If you plant a seed you have to protect that land from animals, and humans. This is the point where the notion of owning land derives. Protecting land and farming are two distinct skills. This leads to specialisation, and the soldiers realise that they can control the farmers and the land too. Heirarchies develop to control the soldiers and and ideologies are necessary to mask inequalities - hence organised religions develop which reify and justify those inequalities. So the farmers grew food and saved enough for winter and a few trinkets for the wife > and trading for tools. This was noticed by ex-hunter bands who thought that > was a neat trck. > All they had to do is wait till harvest time and have their pick. So the > farmers compromised by > offering one band shelter and food to keep away other thieves. That was the > start or armies who > had a leader who figured out he could have a fat living if he bullied the > farmers. > That was the start of royalty and all that who in order to hang on to their > armies had to > provide them with a fat living. That was not so bad as long as one king per > territory existed. > But by then the army henchmen figured they could do a well as the boss, if > they got rid of him. > That was the start of an aristocracy and political infighting and all that. > > Who the heck did you think paid for Pharaohs building whole cities > and gynormous palaces > stuffed with harems and all that? Anyhow the pastime caught on fast and so > called civilisation > took off. The only change that happened since then is the number of thieves > grew and grew and > grew. I think you can fill in the rest of the script without my help? Do you > know about Bauer, > pawn broker and father of the Rothschild Dynasty, who bankrupted the > aristocracy with the help > of royalty who did not like the barons much. How much do you image the > Rothschilds and > relatives are worth after 3 odd centuries odd, making not just profits but > doubling their money > and holdings quite regularly at often quite short notice. Ah well, what's > next for breakfast? > Banks are allowed to lend out 16 times the money people stow there, probably > more now. What is needed now is a guy like Karl Marx to teach the poor farmers and exploited people that it is possible for them to re-take control over the bosses. > > adrian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
