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The root cause is power, of which money is a conveniently quantifiable manifestation. Power-seeking has occurred continually over time since human populations b
by adrianbg 13y ago
The root cause is power, of which money is a conveniently quantifiable manifestation. Power-seeking has occurred continually over time since human populations became dense enough to extrude persistent hierarchies.
- arethuza 13y agoDominance hierarchies are pretty common amongst animals - so we have probably inherited this bheaviour from our non-human ancestors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance_hierarchy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance_hierarchy
- RyanMcGreal 13y agoConstitutional politics to evolutionary psychology in four comments: this is why I keep coming back to HN.