Lyle Solla-Yates on Nostr: The idea itself is ancient and probably older than the written history we have access ...

The idea itself is ancient and probably older than the written history we have access to, maybe to the beginning of Sumer around 4000 BC, maybe older. Agriculture cemented it as an institution that could be scaled up as civilizations rose and fell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery