Humanity Throughout History

Human Tendencies

Wholistically, humans have always been community individuals one way or another. We have fought, loved, resonated, hated, learned, lived and died together throughout history. It makes me think of instances such as wars or natural disasters. Times of disparity seems to be when humanity fluctuates the most. When you have people trying to thrive in times of disaster, both the good and evil sides of humanity tend to be revealed. My point is that the behavioral patterns of us have always has been the same in the slightest. I personally believe that there are ideologies and tendencies that outlive us. It’s the way of life in which some things are conducted. the way we break bread, trade, express emotion amongst other things are a part of the human nature. The second the realization that the answer is within one’s own behavior, is the second denial ends and growth begins.

Things like trade, agriculture, hierarchy and emotion transcend time when it comes to humanity

Agricultural farming has always been substantial, from corn to rice to cotton to herbs and vegetables. It’s been a fountain of life and supplements one way or another. Grain and grown vegetables got some of the earliest forms of civilizations by as a form of nutrition and trade. 

The term hierarchy cultivates a pretty wide umbrella of what consists of such. Many people think money and wealth, as that is a form or hierarchy without a doubt. However, hierarchy can look many ways in terms of rank, land and even competence. The rich get priority because of resources…because of wealth. Followed by the middle class makeup of society, who get the better end of the worse for summarization’s sake. Lastly, the poor class of society who get the scraps of what we can call resources for the time being. Consider funding or adequate healthcare and medicine for examples of what resources could be. For the most part, society has always been this way.

Where to start with emotion.. it’s in every aspect of life. Take theatre for example, a prominent art that’s been around for centuries has emotion at its very foundation. The ability to project emotions like fear, happiness envy is an imitation of life and emotional state to begin with. The evolution of theatre is beautiful to watch throughout 

Trade as been a form of exchange for as long as service and currency became prominent within community settings. It didn’t take the first humans long to realize that we can get something in exchange for a possession or service. Some may argue that we SHOULD, depending on where you ethically stand. Regardless, trade has been one of the many things civilization has birthed resulting in economies and communities forming.

Social Contracts

Are social contracts real? Do they apply to Everyone?

 The idea of a social contract is the mutual understanding of what something should be. A more common term used is social contract. We all have a developed stigma of what is considered out of the ordinary depending on the situation. Its courtesy not to chew with your mouth open, or helping and elderly citizen out in need, as these can be considered examples of schemas we've developed over society. Yet, another example of the beauty that can come from humanity when helping one another is the norm. However, along with social contracts, came the development of actual policy and regulations. Treaties, doctrines, conventions, statutes, you name it, are implications and lawful policies put into place all based on what we collectively agree on as a people. Some of the treaties I find important can be read at the button below, Thanks for reading thus far, & godspeed Treaties Worth Reading can be found here soon...