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> Prior to the industrial revolution, the natural world was nearly infinitely abundant. Prior to the industrial revolution, people fight to death for who can u
by raincole 7mo ago
> Prior to the industrial revolution, the natural world was nearly infinitely abundant.
Prior to the industrial revolution, people fight to death for who can use the rivers. Pre-industrial societies are societies of scarcity.
[0]: People have been fighting for water for more than 4000 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umma%E2%80%93Lagash_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umma%E2%80%93Lagash_war