Not that I\’ve watched the video you understand, but if this captures it then the man\’s a fool:
David Priestland: \’Merchant ideology has come to dominate the political class\’ – video
For as Dierdrie McClosky has pointed out at great length it\’s exactly these merchant, bourgeois, virtues becoming those of the larger society which create the industrial revolution, wealth and the consequent longer lifespans and the prospect of a regular three squares a day.
Historian David Priestland argues in his latest book that history can be seen as a series of battles between four distinct groups: merchants, warriors, sages and workers. When one group becomes dominant, he says, a crisis is never far away
Everyone living to 70, well fed, housed and with even a change of clothes sounds like the sort of crisis we can deal with.
“four distinct groups: merchants, warriors, sages and workers. When one group becomes dominant, he says, a crisis is never far away.”
He’s probably right about the warriors and sages.
But other groups have entered the fray: the supplicants and the beggars.
They too are fighting for themselves: some might think they are winning.
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@Nigel Sedgwick
Freeloading is just an extreme aspect of mercantilism, isn’t it? I know I wouldn’t pass up on a free lunch if I found one…
He considers himself a sage.
Have you met many historians, Tim? Hee bloody hee.
Whilst he says all 4 groups should be in balance, he actually thinks the sages should have the upper hand (sages included history professors). He was on Broadcasting House press panel on Radio 4 last Sunday and he advocated central planning.
Kip’s law in action.
Bile, black bile, melancholy, choler
Earth, air, fire, water
Merchants, warriors, sages, workers.
Aristotle (who was wrong about everything) has his modern disciple.
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