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    24 hours ago

    Yeah, it’s a little known fact, but civilisation was unambiguously shit until at least 1880. It’s far better to be a starving hunter-gatherer than a starving peasant by just about every measure.

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        23 hours ago

        Yes, being one of the elites that doesn’t die in a nasty way was often a better deal.