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It seems to me that among all the "fundamentalisms" we suffer from, market fundamentalism may well be the most insidious and destructive - if only because it is too often not recognized and critiqued as one ... This is a great series and i hope to read others ...

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Amazing article. You hit on so many relevant points which reflect both the situation around the world today and my own research. Yes, I agree that this construct was assembled in the Bronze Age, and yes metalworking played a huge role in that. But the hierarchies were already there in our minds, where we still can't get them out. Societies began to be organized hierarchically during this period: God-King/Elites/merchants and soldiers/the poor and wrestling fans/ slaves. It was also during this period that PHYSICAL hierarchies sprouted up in the form of ziggurats, which in turn mirrored the volcanoes which gave these ancient peoples the fire it needed to smelt metals AND grow the crops it needed to feed an exploding population their fertile soil. It's high time for decentralization! Well done!

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