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On 7/18/19 6:53 PM, Ken Hiebert via Marxism wrote:
Whatever the merit of a hunter-gatherer society, it is my understanding that
they were in general closer to famine. At least in the Far North this is a
recollection of the people there.
And even with our present agriculture we are only somewhat better provided for.
I read once that there is a 72 day supply of food stored at any one time.
ken h
The Original Affluent Society
by Marshall Sahlins
Hunter-gatherers consume less energy per capita per year than any other
group of human beings. Yet when you come to examine it the original
affluent society was none other than the hunter's - in which all the
people's material wants were easily satisfied. To accept that hunters
are affluent is therefore to recognise that the present human condition
of man slaving to bridge the gap between his unlimited wants and his
insufficient means is a tragedy of modern times.
full: http://www.primitivism.com/original-affluent.htm
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