Just wow! I'm doing an almost parallel series, albeit much shorter, and aimed at discussing the ambitions of the king class which formed the foundation of what we came to know as the mercantile sector, who built legal and even religious boundaries around the royal class, which extended all the way into the 17th Century. Natural Law spurred Man to finally whittle away from the mercantile sector who controlled the movement of goods and services, probably due to the Great Plague/Black Death, which caused many royal privileges to be redrawn.....primarily in Europe, but reborn first by Muhammed in 600's, thence onto the Crusades, carried forward by Christians via kings and their royal houses.
It was Thomas Paine who "invited" the common man to draw paths to wealth that could be achieved by hard work, blood, sweat and tears, as well as ingenuity, even genius.
This is EXCELLENT writing David. So interesting! I am ready for revolution, I knew a few years ago that this would be the hill I was prepared to die on but it's a tough ask of people now because no one wants to give up their little square foot of comfort and we have forgotten or been conditioned out of personal responsibility. It's fascinating times to live in. A bit like watching a global horror show. I am frightened at the same time as I get myself 'battle ready'. Great piece, thank you. I shall be reading it again.
Thank you, April-if you knew how many times I "read" it before I hit publish, you'd already feel behind, haha. I appreciate your comment, and I promise that part 2 is going to make you sit back, look inward, and recognize that we have everything we need within us to be happy and productive members of our species, but for the darkness other members of humankind... the non-stop warnings and" sky is falling" pessimist interventions in our lives by allegedly great thinkers with ideas that die with the passage of time while the fundamentals of humanity are unchanging.
Ahh yes I can imagine you going over and over it. It is not a popular idea to take responsibility. People still believe heavily in the ideas that are fed back to them by a media that knows what they want to hear and nudges nudges them to herd them in the direction they want. The best thing I ever did was stop watching or listening to any of it and I found a new place within myself. I am still learning about this new place. This person who no longer believes the stories. Swimming in the sea at dawn this morning made me feel tiny, small and irrelevant as well as huge and powerful. What a great realisation. I look forward to Part 2. I really love the way you have written this David. The deep thought and work you have put into it are inspiring. I seek that level within myself! 🙏
Just wow! I'm doing an almost parallel series, albeit much shorter, and aimed at discussing the ambitions of the king class which formed the foundation of what we came to know as the mercantile sector, who built legal and even religious boundaries around the royal class, which extended all the way into the 17th Century. Natural Law spurred Man to finally whittle away from the mercantile sector who controlled the movement of goods and services, probably due to the Great Plague/Black Death, which caused many royal privileges to be redrawn.....primarily in Europe, but reborn first by Muhammed in 600's, thence onto the Crusades, carried forward by Christians via kings and their royal houses.
It was Thomas Paine who "invited" the common man to draw paths to wealth that could be achieved by hard work, blood, sweat and tears, as well as ingenuity, even genius.
I'll keep you posted.
Thank you my friend, I have enjoyed every bit of each of your first two entries in the series and anxiously await the next.
This is EXCELLENT writing David. So interesting! I am ready for revolution, I knew a few years ago that this would be the hill I was prepared to die on but it's a tough ask of people now because no one wants to give up their little square foot of comfort and we have forgotten or been conditioned out of personal responsibility. It's fascinating times to live in. A bit like watching a global horror show. I am frightened at the same time as I get myself 'battle ready'. Great piece, thank you. I shall be reading it again.
Thank you, April-if you knew how many times I "read" it before I hit publish, you'd already feel behind, haha. I appreciate your comment, and I promise that part 2 is going to make you sit back, look inward, and recognize that we have everything we need within us to be happy and productive members of our species, but for the darkness other members of humankind... the non-stop warnings and" sky is falling" pessimist interventions in our lives by allegedly great thinkers with ideas that die with the passage of time while the fundamentals of humanity are unchanging.
Ahh yes I can imagine you going over and over it. It is not a popular idea to take responsibility. People still believe heavily in the ideas that are fed back to them by a media that knows what they want to hear and nudges nudges them to herd them in the direction they want. The best thing I ever did was stop watching or listening to any of it and I found a new place within myself. I am still learning about this new place. This person who no longer believes the stories. Swimming in the sea at dawn this morning made me feel tiny, small and irrelevant as well as huge and powerful. What a great realisation. I look forward to Part 2. I really love the way you have written this David. The deep thought and work you have put into it are inspiring. I seek that level within myself! 🙏