I think it's true that most of the early colonies had difficulties feeding themselves, however they organised their societies.
There are plenty of examples of native people all over the world who have a very different concept of property to ours, yet who are perfectly capable of surviving in places where we would fail, however we organised ourselves, simply because we don't know how to exploit the available resources, and they do. The same applies vice versa, of course. I'm sure a native of the Irian Jaya rainforest, left overnight in Fortnum and Mason, would probably go hungry, even if he was a member of the Republican Party. -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: P. J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 January 2006 20:30 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT: Capa Doc > > You should read the history of the colony, all food > production was owned common, all food distribution was by > need, everyone explored or searched for gold, no one produced > food... Everyone starved. The creed that saved them was > each got a plot and ate what they grew. >
