400 years of human history in 4 minutes

[lockwoodx]

Make that 200 years. Just finished shoveling snow in 12 degree weather and I'm a bit light headed.

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[spdiscus]

I like this guy. He did a TED talk a year or two ago.

[Anenome]

I was gonna post this. Yay, triumph of capitalism!!! :D

[Agnostic Pope]

War, war, a few more bullshit religions, war, war, TECHNOLOGY, drop the bomb,war, TECHNOLOGY, internet trolling, we send more SHIT to outerspace, war, war, OH AN IPOD WOW THE 3rd MP3 PLAYER OMG, internet celebrities, War. War never changes. :P

[Anenome]

What the hell are you talking about AP?

[Agnostic Pope]

History. Deal with it. :P

[Anenome]

There have always been wars and still are wars. What's your point. That vid is not about war, if anything it shows the march of capitalism and growing economy and worldwide wealth despite war.

[Agnostic Pope]

There have always been wars and still are wars. What's your point. That vid is not about war, if anything it shows the march of capitalism and growing economy and worldwide wealth despite war.
400 years of human history is just that...the monster that is the "economy" has always been around as well.

[Anenome]

400 years of human history is just that...the monster that is the "economy" has always been around as well.
It has, but not in the form of (relatively) free market capitalism. There have been plenty of societies that didn't respect private ownership, nor a whole host of other values that make modern trade possible. These societies have fallen by the wayside of history and failed to produce naught but subsistence much less prosperity.

Capitalism represents the use of human labor in accordance with its nature. It's like giving a gasoline engine water instead of fuel-oil. A gasoline engine cannot run on water because it is not the nature of water to combust when provided with a spark, oxygen, and compression. Human labor has been set free by principles of governance that are in accordance with the nature of humanity: private property, free enterprise, freedom of association and contract.

I'm still not clear what you're really trying to say, but what is clear is that capitalism and the industrial revolution and the values and laws that sustain it, sparked in Britain, have now covered the world to the benefit of all regardless of class, race, color, gender, religion, or creed.