red man sue for heep'm patent infringement on bicameral legislature

[Brad De Long]

>indeed. prior to the brits' encounter with the iroquois, the
>idea of 'two' was unknown in the west--*nay*--in all of indo-
>european political structure. it's quite remarkable but true:
>zero was invented a few hundred years before two. occasional-
>ly, scholars have had the temerity to claim that the normans
>knew of two but invaded england only after they were certain
>that they had consigned it to the dustbin of history, but as
>georges dumezil has irrefutably proven thati s absurd. there
>exists no historical condition prior to the brits' encounter
>with the iroquois that would have encouraged the notion of a
>bicameral legislature--not anywhere, not ever.
>
>cheers,
>t

Senatus Populusque Romanus? The (I dare not try to do the Greek) Council
and the People of Athens? The first, second, and third estates? The lords
and commons?

Brad DeLong