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Description of  Progress Vs Parasites: A Brief History of the Conflict that's Shaped our World

1786691566 pdf The change in our ancestors' behaviour was barely perceptible at first. Only a few clues in the archaeological record sea shells, ochre and stone tools exchanged over long distances hint at what was to come. Today, a network of interdependence and trade spans the planet lifting most of our species out of the grinding poverty of the past. But for much of history this engine of human progress stalled, with societies rigged in the interests of small parasitic elites. From the Greeks and Romans in antiquity, to China, India and Europe in the Middle Ages, the history of the world can be written as the constant struggle between the productive and the parasitic. Read more