In the beginning, as far as we know, humans were hunters and gatherers. In those days food and shelter were the only real values in existence and securing them made a difference between starving and procreating, suffering the elements or sleeping inside by a fire. The constant uncertainty of having enough food led to a more stable idea.
The settled lifestyle, growing own crops and raising cattle provided much more stable value and people started adopting it. Farming and cattle became the new sources of way more stable creation of the most important value.
However, not all were happy with the idea of sitting at home, taking care of the animals and working the fields all day. They rather chose to steal from others to fulfil their needs in order continue the unsettled lifestyle that they preferred. This is, we believe, how thieves and plunderers came to be. These people weren't creating any value, they prefered to take the value away from the ones who created it. Does this ring a bell? Can we draw a parallel to our society today? Yeah, maybe, right? :D
As land was the main source of wealth, the next step was seizures of the rights to it. Strong ones took the land from the weak and called themselves lords. They practically enslaved people living on it and took away their produces. The weak had to work for the strong and also serve them in many other ways. The lords would amass wealth from the work, goods and services their subjects provided, securing stable, safe lifestyles for their masters. In time, the lord's gross values rose higher and higher until some of them became kings and emperors on account of their wealth and greed for more power. The land seizures started on grand scales and this provided the well-being of lesser lords and clergy. The additional value was provided (not created) by going to wars, defeating others and plundering their possessions. The value was created by the ones who worked hard to produce it off the land and it was taken away for the benefit of strong and powerful and those who served them loyally. Did we stop doing this in today's civilization?
Let's pause here and think for a while. Why did people turn to theft and plunder throughout the history, instead of creating values on the individual basis? Is it that much easier to kill and steal than create new values? Try drawing a parallel to today's stock market and its price volatility. Do wars and crisis affect the price fluctuations? Have we made progress through all of those centuries or are same rules used for a new game?
To be continued...
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