Western Civilization Presents One Of The Most

We See That There Are Two Different Kinds Of...societies: (a) Parasitic Societies And (b) Producing Societies. The Former Are Those Which Live From Hunting, Fishing, Or Merely Gleaning. By Their Economic Activities They Do Not Increase, But Rather Decrease, The Amount Of Wealth In The World. The Second Kind Of Societies, Producing Societies, Live By Agricultural And Pastoral Activities. By These Activities They Seek To Increase The Amount Of Wealth In The World.

No Slave System Has Ever Been Able To Continue To Function On The Slaves Provided By Its Own Biological Reproduction Because The Rate Of Human Reproduction Is Too Slow And The Expense From Infant Mortality And Years Of Unproductive Upkeep Of The Young Make This Prohibitively Expensive. This Relationship Is One Of The Basic Causes Of The American Civil War, And Was Even More Significant In Destroying Ancient Rome.

Each Central Banksought To Dominate Its Government By Its Ability To Control Treasury Loans, To Manipulate Foreign Exchanges, To Influence The Level Of Economic Activity In The Country, And To Influence Cooperative Politicians By Subsequent Economic Rewards In The Business World.

The Traditional Christian Attitude Toward Human Personality Was That Human Nature Was Essentially Good And That It Was Formed And Modified By Social Pressures And Training.

When Profits Are Pursued By Geographic Interchange Of Goods, So That Commerce For Profit Becomes The Central Mechanism Of The System, We Usually Call It "commercial Capitalism." In Such A System Goods Are Conveyed From Ares Where They Are More Common (and Therefore Cheaper) To Areas Where They Are Less Common (and Therefore Less Cheap). This Process Leads To Regional Specialization And To Division Of Labor, Both In Agricultural Production And In Handicrafts.