I am not sure that is true. As far as I understand, the communities in most places were small, everyone knew everyone, and people were vary of strangers. You co

I am not sure that is true. As far as I understand, the communities in most places were small, everyone knew everyone, and people were vary of strangers. You couldn't come to a random village and start farming... and as far as I can tell from family stories, in villages there is basically zero privacy. You need a city with enough people to get some anonymity and liberty of the kind you describe.