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I think that's a pretty low bar? It doesn't matter which you pick, they're both going to be much worse than life is now for most of us reading this. It's not p
by skybrian 2y ago
I think that's a pretty low bar? It doesn't matter which you pick, they're both going to be much worse than life is now for most of us reading this.
It's not pre-contact, but The Cutting-Off Way seems like a good source on Native American warfare.
https://www.amazon.com/Cutting-Off-Way-Indigenous-Warfare-1500-1800/dp/1469673789 https://www.amazon.com/Cutting-Off-Way-Indigenous-Warfare-15...
- swatcoder 2y ago> I think that's a pretty low bar? It doesn't matter which you pick, they're both going to be much worse than life is now for most of us reading this. I don't think it takes away from what you're trying to say, but the irony of this paragraph is delicious given that "most of us reading this" are in the global 1% of today, if not higher, and in some astronomical percentile as measured against history. When used as the measure against whatever historical deprivation and insecurity there was, we make for a pretty low bar!
- skybrian 2y agoYeah, I was just trying to make a very rough comparison. Maybe we could go back to the statistics on Our World In Data then? They are about global poverty and it does seem to be improving.