10. David Graeber & David Wengrow’s The “Dawn of Everything”: The Wisdom of Kandiaronk
WHAT IS POLITICS?
The Politics of Hierarchy and Equality
Many of the key insights and concepts associated with the european enlightenment ideas of individual liberty and equality were heavily influenced by encounters with native americans. A hierarchy is a system where people or things are ranked according to some value. The word politics refers to decision making in groups, like i said earlier. We don't care that one person gets to have a lot of toys and roller coasters and another person gets to has less toys. Economic inequality translates into decision making inequality. For example, you and jeff bezos each have one vote, but jeff bases can hire an army of lobbyists who work 24 seven to influence how politicians think.
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