A Rocketgram

Human nature would usually have us wanting more than our fair share.

In days gone by there was, broadly speaking, two groups of self interested travelers, the church and state, that have ganged up for power with great success.

And then we had the industrial revolution and the enlightenment.

What happened next was either natural progression, or if you are so wired, a multi century long game/conspiracy theory.

By increasing the material wealth of the masses the wealthy actually increased their own wealth and slowly destabilised the authority of the religions.

The end game is no religions, just materialism.

Once achieved the usual control mechanisms can be (and are being) used to distort the relative wealth distribution in favour of a few.

They’ll probably overdo it.

Religious authorities in countries retarded in their development of a materialist culture see all of this as a threat.

You’d expect them to go for a preemptive strike to protect their patch. Hence they could reasonably become the bad guy and be wiped out quick smart.

Sound familiar?

As Bertrand said, life is but a race to be the criminal rather than the victim.