
Digital Salon with Samo Burja: Great Founders Build Civilization
Palladium Podcast
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Why Is It So Important to Have a Theory of History?
Aente: The founders are always working with the raw materials available to them, and they are somewhat constrained as to what they can achieve in a lifetime. He says it's important to look at the origin of social order that set up particular social systems such as moseses or lycurguses. Ano: You almost need these archetypes kind of floating around in society that can legitimize certain types of constructive action. In societies where we don't understand the role of founders, we have a confused relation to our heroes - Aente.
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