Q
WERE 
HUNTER-GATHERERS
AND ONLY A FEW PIONEERS
IN THE MIDDLE EAST WERE 
ALREADY FARMERS?
In 1850 
more than 90% of humans were peasants,
and in the small villages along the Ganges, the Nile and the Yangtze nobody knew knew anything about 
steam engines, railroads or telegraph lines! Yet the fate of those peasants had already been sealed in Manchester 
& Birmingham by the handful of engineers, politicians and financiers who spearheaded the Industrial Revolution. 
Steam engines, railroads & telegraphs transformed the production of food, textiles, vehicles & weapons,
giving industrial powers a decisive edge over traditional 
agricultural societies? 
Even when the Industrial 
Revolution spread around the world & penetrated up the Ganges, Nile & Yangtze, most people 
continued to believe in the Vedas, the Bible, the Qur'an & the Analects 
more than in the steam engine. 
En nu 
heeft bijna iedereen radio, 
tv, mobieltjes, tablets, computers, games & credit cards: men spreekt minstens 
één of zelfs meerdere talen, bezoekt scholen, kan werken in kantoren, fabrieken, 
handel & wandel bijna 'wereldwijd'?
Er is nog steeds woningnood na 75 jaar, 
'n tekort aan onderwijzers, nieuwe scholen, beroepen 
& studenten, men hoort van de dreigende crises & Einstürzende Neubauten, 
atomaire, biologische & chemische raketwapens & -drones, clones, 
blogs & vlogs? Swiebertjes, Bromsnorren, Fabeltjeskranten, 
Sesamstraten, mocroturcobalconobalkanbewoners!
Meermeermeer/minderminder, belastingen, 
kortingen, oprotpremies, brexiteers, 
Nexits, nieuwrechtsers 
enzo.