What Ed Barnhart thinks about government
Archaeologist and director of the Maya Exploration Center, specialising in the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica, South America and North America.
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2 dated positions, 2024, in their own words. Our reading of what Ed Barnhart has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsBut then we have the interesting case of in the Postclassic, they shed the idea of kings. They don’t like kings anymore. That’s probably a big part of why the Classic disappearance and the abandonment of all those cities happened. People just got sick of kings.
↗Ed Barnhart: Maya, Aztec, Inca, and Lost Civilizations of South America | Lex Fridman Podcast #446youtube.com 19th of 25 in this recording
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Our readingThe Aztec empire could not have lasted, because it ruled by force; the Inca empire could have.
Their wordsThey were not ruling justly. They were ruling by force. And that can only go on so long before revolution happens. The Inca Empire, I think that would’ve gone on forever.
↗Ed Barnhart: Maya, Aztec, Inca, and Lost Civilizations of South America | Lex Fridman Podcast #446youtube.com 21st of 25 in this recording