Old Europe’s mother-goddess religion treated nature as sacred and discouraged destructive violence; Jiang says people had technology but chose not to turn it toward war.
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Jiang presents Gimbutas's conclusion as women being part of Old Europe's political class, making Europe more peaceful through collaborative and nonviolent forms of social control.
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Jiang says Old Europeans had metallurgy and the technical ability to make weapons and forts, but chose not to organize society around war.
Jiang presents Gimbutas's conclusion as women being part of Old Europe's political class, making Europe more peaceful through collaborative and nonviolent forms of social control.
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"Okay? So, if you have a chance, please do study her work. And so, let's read what she wrote. Okay? So, this is the..."
"Instead, they built magnificent tombs, shrines, and temples, comfortable houses in moderately sized villages, and created superb pottery and sculptures. This was a long..."
"Okay? So everything in the world is sacred because it is blessed by the mother goddess. If there's a mosquito, don't kill that mosquito..."
"Okay? We have three kids. Okay? I want my three kids to inherit the money. Right? But, if my wife goes to sleep with..."
"The first reason is women are more willing to cooperate and collaborate. Does that make sense? So, men are competitive. We like status. We..."
"Okay? So, that's one thing that women are better at. Women are better at collaborating and compromising. That's the first thing. Second thing is..."
"As a way to punish him. But this is all very subtle and non -violent ways of forcing people to conform to the rules..."
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Gimbutas's Old Europe becomes Jiang's Paradise Lost: a Mother Goddess civilization where art, writing, sexual agency, and nonviolent social control show that war, property, and patriarchy are historical arrivals, not human nature.
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