The World's Oldest Profession is NOT Prostitution ...
The World’s Oldest Profession is NOT Prostitution
Contrary to popular thinking, prostitution is not the world's oldest profession. It is not even the second oldest. The world's oldest profession is actually Politics. Politicians were the world’s first pimps. It should come as no surprise that the second oldest profession was a political/pimping spin-off - Sales (or Marketing, if you prefer).
Ironically, for all its bad press from the morally uptight and sexually rigid, prostitution probably wasn't even a money-making venture until politicians/pimps got involved. They turned it into a service business because they recognized that women had a product men wanted that could be quickly sold at the same time it remained a product. Hell of a business for the politician/pimp, who did no more than match need with availability, yet suddenly earned beads, shells, beasts, food stuff, bronze coins, silver, gold, etc., and it cost him only a sly smile, a discretely negotiated deal, and pocketing the money.
Naturally a successful business was noticed. Imitation as the height of flattery suddenly brought not only gloom but competition. Normal commerce had a new wrinkle – the exploitation of service and the desire to ‘corner the market.’ A small idea, some rubbing together of hands and greasing of palms, a gathering of cronies a tad less bright or ambitious and, the second oldest profession was born - a salesman, a marketer, a lobbyist. Voila!! He tripled his money, widened his influence and grabbed power and notoriety.
So, is it any wonder that commerce is of more importance than the nation’s welfare? Is it any wonder that the kingpins of commerce control our political pimps? Is it any wonder that the lobbying industry (that the public can’t seem to understand) can coerce any arrangement commerce wants simply by offering the pimps a bigger share of the spoils? Is it any wonder that the lower ranking denizens of the country – the voting public or ever hopeful sheep and Prostitutes – sell their integrity to party (pimp) loyalty, yet just keep getting knocked around, down, over and up?
It behooves all us sheep, prostitutes, and average working stiffs to keep one thing in mind as our traditional work ethic tells us to bow down and grovel before the altars of commerce. Altars were originally designed as places for the lead Priests, Politicians, and Party Pimps to make blood sacrifices, but it wasn’t their blood than ran….it was the trusting, easily led sheep that got their throats slit or were disemboweled.
Can you say baaa, baaa?
Contrary to popular thinking, prostitution is not the world's oldest profession. It is not even the second oldest. The world's oldest profession is actually Politics. Politicians were the world’s first pimps. It should come as no surprise that the second oldest profession was a political/pimping spin-off - Sales (or Marketing, if you prefer).
Ironically, for all its bad press from the morally uptight and sexually rigid, prostitution probably wasn't even a money-making venture until politicians/pimps got involved. They turned it into a service business because they recognized that women had a product men wanted that could be quickly sold at the same time it remained a product. Hell of a business for the politician/pimp, who did no more than match need with availability, yet suddenly earned beads, shells, beasts, food stuff, bronze coins, silver, gold, etc., and it cost him only a sly smile, a discretely negotiated deal, and pocketing the money.
Naturally a successful business was noticed. Imitation as the height of flattery suddenly brought not only gloom but competition. Normal commerce had a new wrinkle – the exploitation of service and the desire to ‘corner the market.’ A small idea, some rubbing together of hands and greasing of palms, a gathering of cronies a tad less bright or ambitious and, the second oldest profession was born - a salesman, a marketer, a lobbyist. Voila!! He tripled his money, widened his influence and grabbed power and notoriety.
So, is it any wonder that commerce is of more importance than the nation’s welfare? Is it any wonder that the kingpins of commerce control our political pimps? Is it any wonder that the lobbying industry (that the public can’t seem to understand) can coerce any arrangement commerce wants simply by offering the pimps a bigger share of the spoils? Is it any wonder that the lower ranking denizens of the country – the voting public or ever hopeful sheep and Prostitutes – sell their integrity to party (pimp) loyalty, yet just keep getting knocked around, down, over and up?
It behooves all us sheep, prostitutes, and average working stiffs to keep one thing in mind as our traditional work ethic tells us to bow down and grovel before the altars of commerce. Altars were originally designed as places for the lead Priests, Politicians, and Party Pimps to make blood sacrifices, but it wasn’t their blood than ran….it was the trusting, easily led sheep that got their throats slit or were disemboweled.
Can you say baaa, baaa?
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