Yesterday, 05:53 AM
Monoculture
China, Middle Kingdom, a vast hydraulic
empire, home to exquisite culture, poets,
art, refined calligraphy, and perfected
system for placing
men of intellectual merit in its
upper reaches, exercised great control of
its whole landscape, rivers and Grand Canal with
damming and digging
carried out by millions of drafted peasants.
Over time the rivers revolted - silting,
flooding, leaving salinization. Later,
so did the peasants.
China, Middle Kingdom, a vast hydraulic
empire, home to exquisite culture, poets,
art, refined calligraphy, and perfected
system for placing
men of intellectual merit in its
upper reaches, exercised great control of
its whole landscape, rivers and Grand Canal with
damming and digging
carried out by millions of drafted peasants.
Over time the rivers revolted - silting,
flooding, leaving salinization. Later,
so did the peasants.
Non-practicing atheist