Bread and Circuses on Nostr: It is what we are taught by our parents, by schools, by incessant advertising, and by ...
It is what we are taught by our parents, by schools, by incessant advertising, and by Hollywood movies and TV shows. Thus, it gets taken for granted by nearly everyone. But in fact it is a myth, demonstrably untrue.
Here’s the lie they tell: That we are much better off cradled in the arms of capitalist industrial civilization than our ancestors were before any of those three things — civilization, industry, capitalism — were forced upon them, and us.
That’s the lesson I take from this book — "Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress" by Christopher Ryan
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/civilized-to-death_christopher-ryan/11463433/item/40586791/#edition=11001162
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Here’s the lie they tell: That we are much better off cradled in the arms of capitalist industrial civilization than our ancestors were before any of those three things — civilization, industry, capitalism — were forced upon them, and us.
That’s the lesson I take from this book — "Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress" by Christopher Ryan
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/civilized-to-death_christopher-ryan/11463433/item/40586791/#edition=11001162
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