08-22-2017, 03:16 PM
(08-22-2017, 02:59 PM)GMDino Wrote: No nothing about survival of the fittest there.
You'll recall my having stated many times in the past I don't make points for you, I make them for the other people reading these threads. Deliberate obtuseness is not an attractive character trait.
(08-22-2017, 03:07 PM)Dill Wrote: Again, there is simply no social science foundation for this claim. You are projecting a modern ideology back into pre-capitalist societies. Ancient Romans were rarely more "gifted" than their Greek slaves.
They sure as hell were more powerful than them.
Quote:And many American slaves may have been stronger and otherwise more "gifted" than their masters
They sure as hell weren't more powerful than them.
Quote:And what you are claiming is not even true for this society. Plenty of people enjoy tremendous economic and political power in the US without being especially "gifted."
Ahh, so they hold power. I guess when you focus solely on my points about physical or intellectual gifts you chose to ignore my points about temporal power. I suppose I'd be confused as well I only attempted to understand a fraction of the argument being made.
