They say it all started with a "Big Bang." I wasn’t there, but apparently, a speck of dust from that explosion eventually evolved into a creature that spends eighteen hours a day staring at a smartphone.
The Monkey Who Stood Up Our ancestors were perfectly happy swinging from trees and eating fruit. Then, for reasons known only to God, one of our grandfathers decided to stand on two legs and declare, "I am a Man." He didn’t stop there. He rubbed two stones together, found fire, and invented "Technology"—the beginning of our misery. Cooked meat fueled our brains, and someone had the bright idea: "Why hunt? Let’s stay in one place and farm." And thus, the "Property Dispute" was born.
Born to Rule (The King Era) Soon, humans started fighting over dirt. Whoever hit the hardest got a crown, four ministers, and a horse. Poor kings—apparently, they only slept four hours a day. But they had a disease: they wanted everyone else’s gold. Someone eventually realized that if you take a boat, you can steal gold from other continents even faster. Enter Columbus and Vasco da Gama.
The Steam Engine Hustle (Industrial Revolution) While we were playing kings and queens, someone invented the Steam Engine. The white man arrived with a smirk, saying, "We are civilized; let us teach you how to dress." Then they proceeded to strip everyone else of everything they owned. Even today, some people think if a person is fair-skinned, they can't lie. If you suggest we’d be better off if the colonizers had stayed longer, I’d like to give you a reality check that leaves a mark.
The Digital Cul-de-Sac We went from swords to Atom Bombs, and then we got scared and formed a "Club" (The UN) to keep us from blowing up the playground. Now? We don’t need horses to start a fight. One Tweet is enough to set the world on fire. We fought for land, then for money; now we fight for "Data."
The monkey is now standing in line at a supermarket. Thousands of years ago, he fought for a piece of fruit in the jungle. Today, he’s fighting over the price of organic tomatoes. History changes, but our "virtue"—the urge to grab what belongs to the other guy—remains exactly the same.
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