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Re: cultural myths and misery

From: "Simon Kartar" <skartar@cfbt-hq.org.uk>
To: <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: cultural myths and misery
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 09:26:25 +0000

>Arguments that all humans before the industrial world saved us had
short, brutal, miserable lives filled with rot and disease and so on
seem just too convenient as excuses/propaganda for the status quo.
They also have plenty of "scientific" counters.

Stone-Age Economics by Marshall Sahlins is a good read on this subject.

Simon.

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cultural myths and misery, John Schinnerer, 12/03/2001
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- Re: cultural myths and misery, Simon Kartar, 12/04/2001
- Re: cultural myths and misery, Brent Ladd, 12/04/2001
- Re: cultural myths and misery, S.K. Harrison, 12/05/2001
- Re: cultural myths and misery, S. K. Harrison, 12/05/2001
- Re: cultural myths and misery, Rex Teague, 12/05/2001
- Re: cultural myths and misery, S.K. Harrison, 12/06/2001
- Re: cultural myths and misery, John Schinnerer, 12/06/2001
- Re: cultural myths and misery, John Schinnerer, 12/06/2001
- Re: cultural myths and misery, Simon Kartar, 12/06/2001
- Re: cultural myths and misery, georg parlow, 12/06/2001
- Re: cultural myths and misery, Rex Teague, 12/06/2001