1. Slavery and Freedom
"By attempting to justify slaveholding as tool-keeping, Aristotle missed the essential point of the contribution that slaves made to Your Culture civilizations: slave were not tools, they were power sources, kinetic energy stored energy, expendable energy" (33).
2. Power vs Cooperation in Social Structure: the City-state vs. Tribes
"Tribes do not evangelize (go out trying o get others to convert to their ways), do not accept "converts" or "new residents," and are convinced that their way of life, their stories of the world, and their gods are best for them" (195-196).
2. Power vs Cooperation in Social Structure: the City-state vs. Tribes
"Tribes do not evangelize (go out trying o get others to convert to their ways), do not accept "converts" or "new residents," and are convinced that their way of life, their stories of the world, and their gods are best for them" (195-196).
3. Modern- day Slaves
"In modern society, few people report that they feel even remotely "free" in our modern society: we are modern-day slaves, held captive by "slave-holders" of our culture" (184).
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