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> When agriculture was invented, there were mass layoffs of hunters and gatherers. Uh, no. Not at all. Agriculture absorbed the extra population that used to
by otabdeveloper4 4mo ago
> When agriculture was invented, there were mass layoffs of hunters and gatherers.
Uh, no. Not at all.
Agriculture absorbed the extra population that used to be unsustainable. There were no losers.
- worik 4mo agoNo. Body. Knows.
- asdff 4mo agoPlenty of losers. See native americans. Sorry about your generational hunting ground, white man would like to ranch cattle and therefore you should leave or eat lead.
- steve_adams_86 4mo agoIt's a typical colonial take on agriculture. People flourished without it but we seem to be stuck with revisionist history around the topic. People also seem to think hunter-gatherers were always struggling, and while it did happen, they seem to miss that there are still billions of people lacking food security because agriculture isn't as easy or prolific as we tend to believe. It's really hard, especially in certain parts of the world. Oh well, these biases permeate everything. I have plenty of them too.
- jldugger 4mo agoI mean, America had agriculture[1] before Columbus showed up. Cahokia[2] came and went (and then other people moved in). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Sisters_(agriculture) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Sisters_(agriculture) [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia#Abandonment_and_resettling_(15th_through_19th_centuries) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia#Abandonment_and_resett...
- otabdeveloper4 4mo agoNative Americans had agriculture. This isn't about agriculturalists vs hunter-gatherers. P.S. Moreover, they had very advanced agriculture - most of the food Europeans eat today are adopted Native American designs.