Alexa Devreux-Swift@StillIRise1963@mastodon.world @forthy42@mastodon.net2o.de no street lighting as that was developed in the Middle East. And now Christianity either as that comes from Palestine.
And England will have to choose a new patron saint as St George was Lebanese.
Bernd Paysan R.I.P Natenom 🕯
️@alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space @StillIRise1963@mastodon.world They can still believe in the invisible hand of the free market.
Alexa Devreux-Swift@forthy42@mastodon.net2o.de @StillIRise1963@mastodon.world ... Which is Sumerian...
Bernd Paysan R.I.P Natenom 🕯️@alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space @StillIRise1963@mastodon.world The Sumerians didn't believe in free market, their system had a lot of state control and was rather redistributive.
Alexa Devreux-Swift@forthy42@mastodon.net2o.de @StillIRise1963@mastodon.world but the free market did not evolve whole cloth, it can be traced back, and in this case to the root of civilisation and the birth of cities.
And that is Sumeria and Mesopotamia.