Politics: Where we struggle to kneel in the muck.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
Well, my good and kind man, I'd suggest it has something to do with the understanding of the social compact. All of society, all of law, all of civilization, is a social compact. What was that book I read, oh yeah, Guns Germs and Steel, explains the development of humankind through different parts of the world, starting in Africa. Evolution, including societal evolution, is often based on no more than an accident of nature. Oops, did the early Africans kill off all the domesticatable mammals in the Beginning? Well, their descendants will do better in Asia. Just a gigantic series of accidents.

FWIW, I'm about halfway through GG&S, and I'm finding it to be a fascinating read.

R(a couple years behind in her reading list)T