Re:The Self-Destruction of the 1 Percent
by 001sky on Sunday October 14, 2012 @04:04AM
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Christopher Columbus (Italian: Cristoforo Colombo; Spanish: Cristóbal Colón; before 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an explorer, navigator, and colonizer, born in the Republic of Genoa, in what is today northwestern Italy.[2][3][4][5]
-- Columbus was from a competing city-state in Italy
Also, as an artist I am sure you are familiar with the shift in financial and cultural power to the medici-backed city state of Florence during the quattrocento. While the art and culture of Venice stagnated, and largely just reflected its more medeival and eastward focus (still on byzanyium etc.)
So the legitimate question follows: why was innovation happening in close proximity to but outside the auspices of, Venice? When they had so many advantages (first mover, cash flow, ect). Classical Rome was also a city state, but with a more expansive and inclusive (citizenship, etc) worldview.
-- Columbus was from a competing city-state in Italy
Also, as an artist I am sure you are familiar with the shift in financial and cultural power to the medici-backed city state of Florence during the quattrocento. While the art and culture of Venice stagnated, and largely just reflected its more medeival and eastward focus (still on byzanyium etc.)
So the legitimate question follows: why was innovation happening in close proximity to but outside the auspices of, Venice? When they had so many advantages (first mover, cash flow, ect). Classical Rome was also a city state, but with a more expansive and inclusive (citizenship, etc) worldview.