Comanche Feats of Horsemenship, George Catlin 1834. IndiansAmerican

how well is the social contract really working ?

Jean P. Ciron
Jul 10, 2017 · 1 min read

In Roman times, “Bread ans Circuses” was a kind of Social Contract, which was aimed at keeping the people quiet.

Nowadays, politicians seems to try to get the same result by re-proposing the same recipe.

But this recipe does not address the mainsprings of human lives.

Having Fun & consumerism are not the right recipe for happiness. This has been repeated many times by Pope Francis.

Also, First People live with very little, but each individual play a role within the community. The role often is given by social duties. First People still live in different places on Earth. First People consider that their traditional life is the only one worth living.

Their way of life proved to have survived during hundreds of thousands of years. We should try to learn from them. Of course, without throwing away the knowledge & technologies which do not destroy the environment.

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