Scholars, the real deal, are rare for a reason - few people choose knowledge over wealth and power. There lies the crux of the matter, since anyone who pursues the other two paths would be the antithesis of the system so designed.
It’s a nice model, but it runs too counter to human nature to work; and there is precious little (if anything) that can change the nature of a species as expansive as humanity.
You need to read more anthropology studies on how society developed across hundreds of thousands of years. The only thing that is “human nature” is that we will do what we view as best for our interests.
Those interests are entirely dependent upon the systems we live under. Change the overarching systems that dictate our lives and people’s behavior will change with it.
If anything, the current society we live in has us far removed from our “natural” behavior and, instead, forces us to go against that nature in order to meet our needs under these oppressive and exploitative systems that have only existed for barely a fraction of humanity’s existence.
We’ll agree to disagree I think - unless you are a specialist in anthropology (a doctorate perhaps?), in which case I’m happy to cede my position to your expertise.
Scholars, the real deal, are rare for a reason - few people choose knowledge over wealth and power. There lies the crux of the matter, since anyone who pursues the other two paths would be the antithesis of the system so designed.
It’s a nice model, but it runs too counter to human nature to work; and there is precious little (if anything) that can change the nature of a species as expansive as humanity.
You need to read more anthropology studies on how society developed across hundreds of thousands of years. The only thing that is “human nature” is that we will do what we view as best for our interests.
Those interests are entirely dependent upon the systems we live under. Change the overarching systems that dictate our lives and people’s behavior will change with it.
If anything, the current society we live in has us far removed from our “natural” behavior and, instead, forces us to go against that nature in order to meet our needs under these oppressive and exploitative systems that have only existed for barely a fraction of humanity’s existence.
We’ll agree to disagree I think - unless you are a specialist in anthropology (a doctorate perhaps?), in which case I’m happy to cede my position to your expertise.
No, but PhD anthropologist David Graeber wrote an entire series of books in the subject, from which I gained my perspective.
Here is a small quote from him.
there is no such thing as human nature