Etienne explains how the government, media, Hollywood, academia, etc all work together to manipulate and coerce us into participating and supporting their immoral efforts - and how we can opt out.
Before agriculture was invented, humans led tribal lives, hunting and gathering, essentially living "hand to mouth". Land was plentiful, and tribes were small, so any disputes over territory were settled by the weaker tribe moving on to new territory. There was little or no excess being produced, so there was little motivation for one tribe to plunder another.
When agriculture was invented, excess was produced, which led to population growth. But, farmers had their energy investment in their cleared and improved land, which made moving away impractical. Some non-agricultural tribes saw the excess farmers produced, and would attempt to plunder what the farmers produced. This was disruptive, so eventually the producers made deals with the strongest local raiding tribes for protection against raids by others. This was the birth of government. It was and is a protection racket.
Unfortunately, the protectors had the upper hand in these deals because they were in the "business" of using force, which gave them more power than the peaceful producers. The protectors were in the position of being able to dictate the terms of their deal with the producers; they set the terms (made the laws). It has been this way throughout the evolution of civilization, i.e., producers being plundered and controlled by the ruling lawmakers.
Over the centuries, the ruling class in one territory saw the excess being produced in another territory, so they invented war as a means to expand the territory under their control. And of course, those with sociopathic personalities are attracted to positions of power over others, so they gravitated to positions in the ruling group.
Before agriculture was invented, humans led tribal lives, hunting and gathering, essentially living "hand to mouth". Land was plentiful, and tribes were small, so any disputes over territory were settled by the weaker tribe moving on to new territory. There was little or no excess being produced, so there was little motivation for one tribe to plunder another.
When agriculture was invented, excess was produced, which led to population growth. But, farmers had their energy investment in their cleared and improved land, which made moving away impractical. Some non-agricultural tribes saw the excess farmers produced, and would attempt to plunder what the farmers produced. This was disruptive, so eventually the producers made deals with the strongest local raiding tribes for protection against raids by others. This was the birth of government. It was and is a protection racket.
Unfortunately, the protectors had the upper hand in these deals because they were in the "business" of using force, which gave them more power than the peaceful producers. The protectors were in the position of being able to dictate the terms of their deal with the producers; they set the terms (made the laws). It has been this way throughout the evolution of civilization, i.e., producers being plundered and controlled by the ruling lawmakers.
Over the centuries, the ruling class in one territory saw the excess being produced in another territory, so they invented war as a means to expand the territory under their control. And of course, those with sociopathic personalities are attracted to positions of power over others, so they gravitated to positions in the ruling group.
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