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The Equality Binge Epoch

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Dominance and Power in the Ancient World

The ancient world of the non abrahamic religions is a world built upon the principle of dom and upon the backs of those dominated. Ancient people binged in equal parts, poor and rich. They all binged on this notion the system worked because everyone knew the dominant principle well. People accepted their place because place was the point. Can also see this in the hindu idea of the cas system. And i want to make this really, really clear, ancient people accepted power as evidence of goodness. Power was evidence of righteousness.

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