Wednesday, September 9, 2009

do you agree with jared diamond's thesis?

I agree with Jared Diamond's thesis, which tries to explain all the inequalities in history up to modern globalization. It makes sense that the 'roots of inequality' are things we can't control-'geographic luck'- and that everything else is the result of that until the world begins to share. We can say that Iraq got invaded because of the oil in the ground, but we can invade because we Europeans had horses and pigs and wheat, and an environment that allowed us to cultivate these things and grow communities. The ability to feed support people because of this 'geograhic luck'-different crops, useful animals, and stable environment- meant that we could advance in ways that would allow us to conquer the world.

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