Gobekli Tepe - History of the beginning of the "necessary" human slavery

The ruins in the background that you see in the picture, are those of Gobekli Tepe, a symbol of the epochal change in the history of humanity: from hunters /pickers to farmers.

No other revolution has been so important. Gobekli Tepe is considered a positive symbol or the beginning of civilization by almost all scholars and historians, for me and a few others, the beginning of a period of necessary slavery that is reaching its peak in recent centuries.

For the uninitiated, Gobekli Tepe is considered the oldest (or one of the oldest) places of worship built by homo sapiens. Some anthropologists theorize that it was religion that pushed our ancestors to settle down and consequently trigger the agricultural revolution.

I believe the opposite, that is that some of our ancestors living in the most fertile areas began to become lazy and give in to the illusory idea of owning land, and therefore to "power", with all that comes with it and that in order to strengthen and support it, they created and used religion. Of course I realize that it is a long and complex topic made more of possible theories than certainties. However, the focus of this post is not anthropological history rather to shed light on the past to better understand the present and decide how to move.

Before Gobekli Tepe we know for sure that our life was more similar to a tribe of apes than to modern man. But we certainly enjoyed more freedom, fewer obligations, we had fewer needs, we lived in harmony with the environment and nature. There was no need for armies because there was nothing to protect and nothing to conquer.

There was no "work" concept, rather time devoted to picking and hunting, time spent with members of the same clan just like a group of friends who go hunting or picking mushrooms.

The agricultural revolution has confined us to a place. It made "production" a necessity, which then became industrial. It has made "control" a necessity that is becoming extremely tight by the day, thanks to digitization. We have multiplied extensively and become fatter and we have started to spoil the environment of which we are a part. Today we may dominate the planet but in order to do so we have sold "our soul".

Am I regretting the prehistoric past? Not at all. I observe without complaint and recriminations. Indeed, I believe that ours was a sort of necessary step to develop consciousness and awareness. Before, our freedom was an unconscious freedom.

Today we can be aware of what happened and either individually or as a group of small communities and clans go back to the origin, with the awareness typical of those who have made a journey understanding the horror of imprisonment and control for, one step at a time, returning to a state of freedom.

m.m.