JohnStOnge wrote:
There was no system like that 2000 and 1000 years ago. The fact is that we came to a point in history where people from Europe had developed superior military and transportation technology and they came to dominate.
And BTW I don't think there's any reason to believe any other people would've been any "nicer" if they had not gotten the upper hand through the development of superior technology.
The system was not "rigged" to start. When you talk about the system being "rigged" you're talking about a situation in which one group had come to dominate and repressed other groups. But that group had to come to dominate to begin with.
The Bible is 1,900 to 3,400 years old.....so yeah.....it started at least 2000 years ago.
Continental Europe & Asia had the advantage of being able to communicate and exchange ideas between many peoples and cultures.....so it makes sense that those are the ones that developed quicker. Africa, Australia and the Americas....all isolated and relatively unexplored and undiscovered for many centuries.
I'm not going to guess who would be "nice" and who wouldn't......I would agree that there would be a natural progression toward "leaders" and "followers"......which in itself is not a bad thing......but it is always corrupted by greed, a thirst for power over others, and in some cases....mental illness.