>Mass market handicrafts have never been a viable means of subsistence anywhere, ever, if we benchmark against what I think a reasonable lifestyle looks like.

>Mass market handicrafts have never been a viable means of subsistence anywhere, ever, if we benchmark against what I think a reasonable lifestyle looks like. When your community was a village of a few hundred collectively sharing resources as a tribe, being a Weaver was extremely valuable and viable. Becsuse a Weaver wasn't worried about weaving 200 baskets to afford a home. We're in a very different model now. So saying it was "never" viable is myopic to history.