Complex societies existed before a belief in moralising gods: Ideas about ‘sin’ and 'evil' evolved to stop large cultures descending into chaos

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[–]SundogsPlace[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Societies are run by government; which are almost inevitably controlled by some cabal, or oligarchy at the top. What is government; the etymology of it? Govern= to govern, simple, but ment? Mente=mind. Governance of mind? Is that a stretch? I don't think so, like the word 'mortgage', isn't used in Latin based languages as it literally is too easily unveiled for what it is, a 'death grip'; so like in Spanish, instead they use a word, hipoteca instead.

So, powerful oligarchies need governments to control the people, but also, they need to make sure that people don't find an easy escape with suicide; which used to not be shunned as it is today. People thought, or perhaps knew there was life beyond this temporal world; the control of religions through government did a lot to end this rampant 'loss of labor'..... Which is what people are needed for, simple labor.

Any thoughts, explain to me I'm wrong, or where there's more....

[–]happysmash27 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

For mortgage, Wiktionary says "So called because the deal dies either when the debt is paid or when payment fails." I say: [citation\ needed] ; Wiktionary's statement has no citation!

For government, I can't find any etymology that suggests it relating to the mind, but it is certainly similar to words that do mean it. If it does mean mind though, it could always mean "mind that governs".