Comment on A perfect visualisation of a wasteful system

• rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You mean like the still-existing and highly complex gift economies of natives all across the globe that have no homelessness?

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  • bioemerl@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Move there then.

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    • rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      • the indigenous economies that I identify with and would be interested in participating in were destroyed by the British 1000 years before I was born.
      • I’d rather not be a colonizer in an indigenous economy.

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      • bioemerl@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨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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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You mean people who sleep on mats on a dirt floor? Sure. Some of us want to lessen our back pain. You do you.

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    • oo1@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      and most children in most places

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    • rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Come on now, indigenous people exist in the 21st century and have modern amenities. They just also keep their indigenous economies.

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And they get those modern amenities how?

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