Traditional peasant societies believe in only a limited good. The more your neighbor earns, the less someone else gets. Profits are seen as a sort of theft. They must be either hidden or redistributed. Envy rather than admiration of success reigns.
In just over 700 words, classicist and military historian Victor Davis Hanson tells us about a defining difference in Western civilization and why it's so in need of defense these days.
Better history lessons are very hard to find. Here is your link.
Source: Neal Boortz Nuze link to Townhall
Photo: Vincent Van Gogh's Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier)
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