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minus-squareCanadaPluslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-224 hours agoYeah, 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.
minus-squareNot_mikey@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·23 hours agoNot if you measure it by how many shiny objects a small group has access to.
minus-squareCanadaPluslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·23 hours agoYes, being one of the elites that doesn’t die in a nasty way was often a better deal.
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.
Not if you measure it by how many shiny objects a small group has access to.
Yes, being one of the elites that doesn’t die in a nasty way was often a better deal.