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Agreed, that is a very important question. But, it has always been like this, no? Except may be for brief periods in history. A small group of people have alway
by vijayr 12y ago
Agreed, that is a very important question. But, it has always been like this, no? Except may be for brief periods in history. A small group of people have always tried to control the majority - kings, clergymen, military, businessmen etc. We are just more aware of it these days than a few hundred years ago, but other than that what has changed?
If anyone has any resource on this topic, please post - this (and environment) might very well be the most important issues of our time.
- wavefunction 12y agoI would agree with you that this has been the default state of human history with since the rise of agrarian and pastoral societies. I tend to believe that previous to that in our hunter-gatherer days we were forced to live in a less hierarchical structure, despite probably having a well defined hierarchy of duties even then. Maybe more consensus building among everyone rather than simple blind obedience to the group?