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Eternity · 26-30, M
I think that people have largely forgotten the point of society.
It was supposed to be an [i]upgrade[/i] in the quality of life that comes from living as nomadic hunter gatherers.
Nowadays the two are about the same for working class people in the US.
Yes you would only live about 30 or so years. Life would be short and brutal. No "creature comforts" that you couldn't make with your bare hands and rudimentary tools.
But hell, if you tally up the time in your life that actually belongs to you; not spent in school or working or doing other things society demands of you, you would be very lucky to get 30 years worth.
And most of these creature comforts seem to be pretty bad for your mental health anyway according to all these fuckin studies.
At least as a nomadic hunter gatherer all of your life would be totally yours to do with as you please and answering to no one 🤷🏽♂️.
It was supposed to be an [i]upgrade[/i] in the quality of life that comes from living as nomadic hunter gatherers.
Nowadays the two are about the same for working class people in the US.
Yes you would only live about 30 or so years. Life would be short and brutal. No "creature comforts" that you couldn't make with your bare hands and rudimentary tools.
But hell, if you tally up the time in your life that actually belongs to you; not spent in school or working or doing other things society demands of you, you would be very lucky to get 30 years worth.
And most of these creature comforts seem to be pretty bad for your mental health anyway according to all these fuckin studies.
At least as a nomadic hunter gatherer all of your life would be totally yours to do with as you please and answering to no one 🤷🏽♂️.