He argues that the modern idea of leaving one's community for better economic opportunity is a new mentality produced by imperial history, not a timeless human norm.
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Economic Opportunity
He argues that the modern idea of leaving one's community for better economic opportunity is a new mentality produced by imperial history, not a timeless human norm.
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"...get up and move somewhere else. And maybe there'll be better economic opportunities for you. This is a shift in mentality, a shift in..."
"...important is their own individual health. Their own happiness. Their own economic opportunity. So I'm going to go wherever there's more economic opportunity. So,..."
"...the Hellenistic world comes into being, Jews will move around for economic opportunities, right?"
"...they can't create in only a few cities where there are economic opportunities and as a result housing prices have gone up inflation"
"...people now refuse to have children. It's not just because the economic opportunities for young people are very limited, are very pessimistic, and they..."
"...rise up in a social hierarchy. There are fewer and fewer economic opportunities. Young old people aren't dying, okay? They're not dying. I mean,..."
"...religion. If it's a migration, these people are looking for better economic opportunities and, therefore, they are willing to conform to your worldview, to..."
"...I will destroy the elite and I will give you more economic opportunities okay do you understand so this is a really important idea..."
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