Matt my new friend also illuminated me onto many other details of Tibet that aren’t as well known. Matt explained how prior to the 1957 annexation of Tibet into China a number civil inequalities existed, some so bad Martin Luther King would roll over in his grave such as: women had zero rights and were literally possessions of husbands. Tibet operated on an economic and social system only comparable to medieval serfdom. Where the Dalai and Panchean Llamas reigned supreme, 95% of the land was divided between these two, with populations paying large tributes to the Dalai. One glance at the Potala palace at the center of Lhasa and one realizes why the Dalai Llama would want his country back, when his summer home is 13 stories tall and filled with enough gold to make any mainstream rapper artist happy.