Kevin Duffy on romanticism and human progress

Life in hunter-gatherer times was a competition for scarce resources: tribal, brutal and short. The agricultural and industrial revolutions lifted man out of the Malthusian trap where free trade, cooperation and ingenuity now matter.  

Without private property there is no civilized society.  The warring that exists today is largely genetic: we haven't fully evolved from our tribal roots.  It manifests itself in large gangs (known as governments) that foment conflict and distrust.

~ Kevin Duffy, tweet, July 21, 2021