Part 1 of the book completed today. Almost one fifth of the book. So this could finish up in 2 months. The reading has become faster and more interesting as the topic is gripping. The translation has preserved the momentum and excitement of the original research.
Learnt about the Swedish Quarternary society today: Nobility, Clergy, Bourgeoisie and Labor.
They had one of the oldest parliament, but proportional voting meant few had as much as 100 votes depending on their wealth and land ownership. This system stayed surprisingly for a long long period. The extreme inegalatarianism is unexpected from Sweden because we are familiar with its socialist democratic recent history. In one hundred years, Sweden went to being a welfare state. The SAP party ruled uninterrupted for almost a century. So such pivoting is possible. It is only a matter of dominant ideology and replacing the older justification for inequality.
Next Part of the book is about Slave and Colonial societies including India.
Slave societies are those with a sizeable percentage of population as slaves and Slave owning societies are those that had slaves but they made up only a small percentage of the population.
Learnt about the Swedish Quarternary society today: Nobility, Clergy, Bourgeoisie and Labor.
They had one of the oldest parliament, but proportional voting meant few had as much as 100 votes depending on their wealth and land ownership. This system stayed surprisingly for a long long period. The extreme inegalatarianism is unexpected from Sweden because we are familiar with its socialist democratic recent history. In one hundred years, Sweden went to being a welfare state. The SAP party ruled uninterrupted for almost a century. So such pivoting is possible. It is only a matter of dominant ideology and replacing the older justification for inequality.
Next Part of the book is about Slave and Colonial societies including India.
Slave societies are those with a sizeable percentage of population as slaves and Slave owning societies are those that had slaves but they made up only a small percentage of the population.
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