Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

This whole thread is the Scott Pill in reverse, says grain is good because (in contrast to farming tubers or legumes) you can confiscate it easily which allows for the construction of states which eventually leads to the industrial revolution. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I like this paper because it basically agrees with what I wrote last week — grain leads to thousands of years of exploitation and suffering but it worked out well in the long run and it all goes to show it’s hard to say what’s going to happen. https://t.co/TqsEnMbe3E — PolitiTweet.org