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Scale and speed matters. Population scale. The capabilities of equipment and tools. So, sure, have a copper axe and go cut down a forest.
by Zigurd 11mo ago
Scale and speed matters. Population scale. The capabilities of equipment and tools. So, sure, have a copper axe and go cut down a forest.
- moi2388 11mo agoI’m well aware. My point is that these ancient cultures all weren’t in equilibrium with nature, also cut down as much as they could, and also destroyed the environment for farmland. They only lacked scale. Lets not paint them nobler than they are.
- Zigurd 11mo agoYou are correct they lacked scale. They also lacked machinery. They lacked the loans taken out to buy the machinery. They lacked the urgency to repay those loans by profiting. That's not "noble." But it's very different at the level of needs and incentives.