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And how did those indigenous cultures fair when they came in contact with Western systems of resource collection and distribution? How can a system be both agr
by malthuswaswrong 5y ago
And how did those indigenous cultures fair when they came in contact with Western systems of resource collection and distribution?
How can a system be both agrarian and strong enough to survive contact with non-agrarian systems? How do you stop 10 people from secretly working hard and producing an extra ration of gruel right under your commie nose?
- lindseymysse 5y agoWell, we just watched the greatest military in the world™ scuttle out of Afghanistan with its tail between its legs, so we know that a primarily agrarian society CAN resist a militaristic society as long as its prepared. Pre-Colonial American societies were decimated by the biological warfare of the Europeans first. Now America turns its taste for biological warfare on itself. But, anyway, I digress.
- Chris2048 5y ago> so we know that a primarily agrarian society CAN resist a militaristic society America did not invade, or go to war with Afghanistan - it was attempting to liberate it, not annihilate it.
- TaylorAlexander 5y agoAmerica absolutely invaded Afghanistan. I don't see the point of this line of questions but if you want a better example see Vietnam.
- Chris2048 5y agoI think you're ignoring the context of my comment. The USA entered alright, but the common meaning of invade is > (of an armed force) enter (a country or region) so as to subjugate or occupy it. and subjugate in turn: > bring under domination or control, especially by conquest. American did not intend to annihilate Afghans, nor the Vietnamese. > I don't see the point of this line of questions That the resistance you describe depends on the behaviour of the aggressor. Could the Japanese resist the atomic bomb? Could German Jews peacefully/non-violently resist the Nazi regime?
- WalterBright 5y ago> Pre-Colonial American societies were decimated by the biological warfare of the Europeans first. Pizzaro defeated the Incas before the diseases did.
- malthuswaswrong 5y agoFalse. We learned that an agrarian society can resist democracy and nation building. They were incapable of withstanding military destruction. They didn't even last 90 days. In fact they've already destroyed the military infrastructure we left them. "Soldiers" are literally parting out $20 million helicopters for $10,000 in scrap metal.
- lindseymysse 5y agoThey didn't really resist, because they knew what the long game was. The people who planned the war didn't. We should have bombed them for 90 days and declared victory and went home -- it would have been symbolic and pointless, but a lot cheaper in treasure and blood.
- SequoiaHope 5y ago> How do you stop 10 people from secretly working hard and producing an extra ration of gruel right under your commie nose? I am talking about a voluntary system that works in some ways like wikipedia. I want to get together with others, under a libertarian system of free exchange, and build systems that are designed to meet core human needs as cheaply as possible. Then people can band together and buy those machines if they want, and they can share the output or whatever. If 10 people want to go do something else, that doesn't affect me any more than Apple affects Wikipedia.