Comment on A perfect visualisation of a wasteful system

• 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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    • rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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