Why Governments will Become Obsolete in the 21st Century

Homo sapiens, the most intelligent animal to inhabit this earth, have always led a socially structured existence. In the beginning, the hunter-gatherer male was the protector of the young mother with child and the old. Later, as tribes expanded and merged, the clan elders took over, leading with word and deed that were an inspiration to their people. As Man evolved, so did the power of the swordsman and the wordsmith. Then there was religion . . . Paul Cottage takes the reader through the history of Man's need for clear leadership as he emerges from the Late Palaeolithic era up to the 21st century, via the Romans, Monarchies, and spiritual leaders such as Jesus and Mahatma Gandhi. The book highlights the early struggles between Monarchy and the Church, and the way politics and religion have shaped our civilization through dictatorships and crusades, democracies and world wars. These struggles have certainly not always been for the benefit of mankind as a whole. Science and reason has been at war with politics and religion from the beginning. Could it now be that Science has a way of taking control of the people without governments or religion? . . .