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Podcast: PRay TeLL, Dr. Hash
Episode: 1438 Money vs. Strength
Description: Before money, the distribution of wealth was determined by strength & avarice; a high level of both was empire building. When democracy entered the equation, where physical strength, force, was voluntarily ceded to government, the abstraction of money & avarice determined who gets what. Underlying both of these social frameworks is the same level of violence, it’s just more concealed by money. Add onto this concept personal autonomy & liberty, where people make decisions for themselves and reap the rewards or suffer the consequences of their actions, and society will stratify into those who have it all, a tiny fraction, and everyone el...