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  • Fleur__@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Could’ve been hunting mega fauna with my homies but here I am with depression and anxiety

    • Wogi@lemmy.world
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      One theory is that hunting and gathering stopped because the human population exceeded what could be supported by mega fauna, and early peoples had no choice but to settle down and defend what resources they could gather.

      It likely started with semi permanent settlements, simple fortifications that could be returned to year over year, and when it became too difficult to leave again, or when they found themselves unable to return to a location they were expecting to, they settled down permanently.

      But you really can’t go out and hunt when you can’t leave. So they started to depend on agriculture, and what livestock they’d been able to keep with them.

  • PorkRollWobbly@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    The farming is okay. Just make sure to discourage anyone from feeling they have some sort of divine ownership over the land. Examples:

    Little Johnny says “This is my land!” Knock that little bugger over and say “it’s mine now.”

    If John says “God has given me this land to carry out his will!” turn that fucker into fertilizer so that he may be of use to society.

    • FastAndBulbous@lemmy.world
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      So if you spend months preparing a harvest, you’d be cool with someone turning up in the night and taking the crops after you’ve done all the hard work? After all the land wouldn’t being to you.

      • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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        They took more than was fair, so it wouldn’t be fair.

        Group ownership of a resource isn’t in conflict with controlling the resource, or having laws and practices to determine how it’s used.

        Kinda like how we all own Yellowstone park, but no one is free to bottle and carry off all the water from old faithful.

        • FastAndBulbous@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          So do you think it’s fair for a group of people to raid a farm and pick what they haven’t contributed to growing as long as they take just enough to feed themselves, piggybacking off the work of the farmer? Why should the farmer agree to this?

          Edit: rewrote the question to satisfy people who think asking questions about is somehow combative.

            • FastAndBulbous@lemmy.world
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              Do you have anything to contribute? I’m trying to have an actual discussion about policy.

              I think the profit incentive is important in maximising yield, do you have anything to add to this as to why I may be wrong? Or are you just going to signal me as an other so that others just switch off and get defensive.

              I think it’s kind of ironic that some claim to want the world to see things from their point of view but then immediately attack those who question their views or try to understand. This just suggests to me you’re more about signalling to your in group than growth in ideas and discussion.

              • the_q@lemmy.world
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                1 year ago

                What’s to discuss? We live in a society that you’re describing and it’s awful for most people. You defeated yourself.

                • FastAndBulbous@lemmy.world
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                  There is a lot to discuss. I’m discussing about why I think communal style living/economics don’t scale well. You think it does, there are reasons we both have our opinions and maybe we could actually learn from each other rather than you viewing me as someone to be defeated.