• bioemerl@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    destroyed by the British 1000 years before I was born

    You acted like they still existed. In that case my original point still applies.

    Those gift economies don’t work at scale and you would probably have a significantly worse quality of life if you were born to one.

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      11 months ago

      There are still indigenous economies in the world. The ones that I identify with were destroyed by the British though.