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*The Original Affluent Society* * by Marshall Sahlins* * Hunter-gatherers consume less energy per capita per year than any other group of human beings. Yet when you come to examine it the original affluent society was none other than the hunter's - in which all the people's material wants were easily satisfied. To accept that hunters are affluent is therefore to recognise that the present human condition of man slaving to bridge the gap between his unlimited wants and his insufficient means is a tragedy of modern times. * * full: http://www.primitivism.com/original-affluent.htm <http://www.primitivism.com/original-affluent.htm>* How does one even to such nonsense? Hunter gatherers "in which all people's material wants were easily satisfied"....what sort of fantasy is this? Gawwwddd!!!! David Walters _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
