Bible Discussion Thread

In Afghanistan it was common for the wealthy tribal chiefs to use a drought to buy up all the land around them cheaply. That eventually destroyed the relative social equality that made the tribal system function and turned Afghanistan into more of a feudal society with a large portion of the rural population effectively enslaved to the rich tribal chief. This was one of the socioeconomic ills that led to the Marxist coup in 1973 and eventually caused the Soviet invasion. It's not surprising to hear about this tribal practice in the Bible, since Genesis concerns mainly tribal people. This is how it works in the tribal economy -- when there's a drought, the rich end up even richer and the poor end up slaves.