In: Anatomy and Physiology
True or False?
1, if organic solidarity is strong, it would be expected that the degree of dependence among the people is very high (meaning the people are interdependent on each other).
2, The plow, as a technological invention, sets the stage for the greatest amount of inequality amongst people as compared to any of the other technological inventions
1. TRUE
All organisms are interdependent among the members of their species as well as on those of other species in some or the other way.
Within a species, the members are dependent on each other for the reproduction of healthy viable offsprings.
So, yes, people are interdependent on each other.
2. FALSE
The greatest amount of inequality among people was set up with the invention of machines and the Industrial Revolution which began with it. It gave a head start to the countries where it began, that is, the European countries. They were able to colonize other countries, exploit them for their benefit, thus increasing the gap. Slowly, the gap widened and the world was divided into industrialized and non-industrialized countries. The latter slowly came to be named ''Third world countries' due to their lack of development.
So, more than the plow, it was the invention of machines that set the stage for the greatest amount of inequality among people.