Cows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.works to Canada@lemmy.ca · 5 days agoNetanyahu lashes out at Carney for daring to criticize himsh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-25 days 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-up0·5 days agoNot if you measure it by how many shiny objects a small group has access to.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days 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.