An opinion piece in the New York Times by Annalee Newitz triggers the ire of Pastor Andrew due to its oversimplification of ancient history (particularly in regard to the city of Ugarit), in its overzealous attempt to tie together a well-intentioned point about inequality and its connection to modern times. His rebuttal to their piece also serves us by filing in some blanks with pertinent details about Ugaritic society.
Without trivial ideological simplification we can learn more about reasons and dynamic leading towards or accompanying collapse of civilisations.
Here's a link to the article :
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/opinion/coronavirus-inequality-history.html

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