Tag: scientific revolution
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Absolutely careless and selfish people can make modern society, capitalism and welfare system
Homo sapiens programmed by selfish genes had lived in the African savanna in small family groups (in broader tribes) and tried to gain scarce resources while absolutely careless if another clan (or not to mention a foreign clan) member dies. Careless about the well-being of other people, the animalistic morality we live by these days…
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Were hunter-gathering groups more equal than nowadays capitalism?
Some right-winger gladly points out the inequality was greater in the Middle Ages. Not only it is not the truth but we live in ages with unprecedented inequality (arguably with 19th-century capitalism). Yes, there is scientific and technological progress that has helped billions of people out of poverty and heightened their life expectancy. The Westerners…