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Quote by: Osborn F Enready Athena, I have to chuckle a bit.
If I remember correctly, you were one of the folks here who accused me of "romanticizing" early, Constitutional America while ignoring all the bad aspects of the times, and the fact that I didn't actually live "then", so what I know, I know from studies of OTHER peoples works. (my words, not yours, I didn't refrence the exact comments, this is strictly from memory, so correct me if I am wrong.)
Now I value the study of history, especially the more "cross-documented" it is by those who lived during the time in question. Luckily, I tend to focus on U.S. legal history, which is less than 250 years old, so relatively close to our generations, and very cross documented.
Now, I question the way with which you write of this period of Athena. Where are you getting so many "candid" snapshots of history from this period to tell it with such romantic flavor?
Comments like this....
How many cross references are out there on this topic alone? How many sources do those originate from? The privlidged class, or the slave class?
I am not trying to be argumentative, insulting, or anything other than sincere in my question of how you speak of this time with such "assurance" of your position.
I feel you often write to illicit a response from a targeted demographic in the forum, not that most of us haven't at one time or another, but I often question your fascination with the concept of democracy, and would like to know where you get your information?
Are you not also a woman of color?
If you are, I find it odd that you seem to romanticize this time of slaves and elite to the point that you do.
These are sincere questions, so if by some stretch of the imagination I have insulted you, I guess you should report me, but, the questions stand as sincere from here.
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Thank you for your concern in wording yourself carefully. It takes a lot more effort, but hopefully it will pay off in ways people aren't even expecting.
Now I am unclear about some things you said. I spoke of the time before Zeus, not the male dominated culture of Zues, when there was a division of labor and slaves. Googling matriarchical cultures, will result in many explanations of how people were organized differently before male domination, and how the male domination spread and took over. There was an equality that seems strange to us now, but we have a high tech, low labor reality now and can return to a more peaceful way of life.
Everything changed when males became dominate. I don't think we would have advanced technlogy if we had not moved from matriarchies to patriarchies. However, now if we do reawaken the feminine we will not resolve the pressing problems we face on a crowded planet.