Message from @stem
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culture does not exist in a vacuum
nor, obviously, does ideology
but i wanted to be more broad
Culture lives in the genes
The state is not necessary to maintain it
but the big changes we saw were obviously due to changes in technology
it's just stupid to ignore them
Perhaps weaponry tech
as if something like christianity would develop without large empires
Even then, all the different elites would acquire better weaponry
agriculture
Christianity would develop and not get corrupted as quickly
no, it wouldn't
What you would see is it wouldnt turn into Papism
But it wouls grow slower
it wouldn't grow at all
It grew regardless
it grew in the context of a large empire
It makes growth easier
Due to communication links
hinduism may be the only semi-exception
and it's only partly an exception
unique in various ways
Hmm mayve
The Jews had big empires nearby but the religion didnt spread
Religions of the big spread nature seem to be a rather late development
Taken together, science and religion provide the fundamental organizing principles by which individuals, communities, and institutions function and evolve. When the material and spiritual dimensions of the life of a community are kept in mind and due attention is given to both scientific and spiritual knowledge, the tendency to reduce human progress to the consumption of goods, services and technological packages is avoided. Scientific knowledge, to take but one simple example, helps the members of a community to analyse the physical and social implications of a given technological proposal—say, its environmental impact—and spiritual insight gives rise to moral imperatives that uphold social harmony and that ensure technology serves the common good. Together, these two sources of knowledge are essential to the liberation of individuals and communities from the traps of ignorance and passivity. They are vital to the advancement of civilization.
But arent large Empires also a late devlopment
Might be another force which made both
what big empire did the jews have?
They didnt run them, just had them exist nearby
Especially in later times
khazarian?
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That is one Empire they managed to infect
Hmmm