This is a weird take. The Pharaohs proclaimed themselves to be literal gods on Earth and ancient Egypt was probably the furthest thing from am egalitarian society you can imagine. Yes, the workers who built the pyramids were skilled laborers and were paid but they were literally building giant tomb-temples for their god-kings while other people nearby were starving when the Nile flooded in a bad way. It’s like saying Donald Trump should commission a giant pyramid for himself to be buried in and we should all be happy to work together on building it.
It’s not the same because the president doesn’t represent society in a democracy in the same way.
For Egypt, the pharaoh was the thing that made Egypt. Kind o like the Dalai Lama or Jesus, the pharaoh was the son of horus, the incarnation of the principle of ruling. I am not an expert but I would say that the pyramid was built for that principle and not the person itself, whereas Trump has a Trump tower to make himself known.
If it isn’t Trump but e.g. Taylor Swift, I could imagine fans to build something for her, e.g. her next stage set, if she offers to provide food and housing.
For democracy though, society should build something that doesn’t celebrate one person but the community. E.g. China has a day when every citizen plants a tree. When you see the effect after some years, you can feel the transforming power of the community.
Although not mummified, they had been buried in mudbrick tombs with beer and bread to support them in the afterlife. The tombs’ proximity to the pyramids and the manner of burial supports the theory that they were paid laborers who took pride in their work and were not slaves, as was previously thought. Evidence from the tombs indicates that a workforce of 10,000 laborers working in three-month shifts took around 30 years to build a pyramid. Most of the workers appear to have come from poor families. Specialists such as architects, masons, metalworkers, and carpenters were permanently employed by the king to fill positions that required the most skill.
IMHO the comic still applies to the present. Heck, even more now I read that.
It could be that building the pyramids was not the regular job of the laborers. It was a communal experience like going to burnig man.
Society would be different if there would be one project that everybody builds together. It would be as unifying as a big war, without the disadvantages of a war.
Pyramids were most likely not built by slaves. They were communal projects.
We need something like the pyramids today. Communal projects that show the strength of the community.
This is a weird take. The Pharaohs proclaimed themselves to be literal gods on Earth and ancient Egypt was probably the furthest thing from am egalitarian society you can imagine. Yes, the workers who built the pyramids were skilled laborers and were paid but they were literally building giant tomb-temples for their god-kings while other people nearby were starving when the Nile flooded in a bad way. It’s like saying Donald Trump should commission a giant pyramid for himself to be buried in and we should all be happy to work together on building it.
It’s not the same because the president doesn’t represent society in a democracy in the same way.
For Egypt, the pharaoh was the thing that made Egypt. Kind o like the Dalai Lama or Jesus, the pharaoh was the son of horus, the incarnation of the principle of ruling. I am not an expert but I would say that the pyramid was built for that principle and not the person itself, whereas Trump has a Trump tower to make himself known.
If it isn’t Trump but e.g. Taylor Swift, I could imagine fans to build something for her, e.g. her next stage set, if she offers to provide food and housing.
For democracy though, society should build something that doesn’t celebrate one person but the community. E.g. China has a day when every citizen plants a tree. When you see the effect after some years, you can feel the transforming power of the community.
Exactly this.
IMHO the comic still applies to the present. Heck, even more now I read that.
Just one article about the work conditions: https://africame.factsanddetails.com/article/entry-190.html
It could be that building the pyramids was not the regular job of the laborers. It was a communal experience like going to burnig man.
Society would be different if there would be one project that everybody builds together. It would be as unifying as a big war, without the disadvantages of a war.
The image in the post and the text suggest exploitation and slavery
Bro is holding a whip
How far back do you think worker protections go, specifically in the context of punishment?
Strapping (beating someone with a leather strap… Sounds familiar here) was common in factories in the 1800s.
You didnt have to be a slave to get beat/whipped/more.
If you whilstblow at some places, it won’t be a whip
Especially an aerospace company it would seem.
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