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>And lastly, who's to say the primitives didn't experience a surplus? As
>Gordon mentioned in a recent post, the indigenous people living in the
>Pacific Northwest could catch all the fish they could care to eat. Just
>because a society isn't high tech, that doesn't mean people are eeking out
>a living. And just because a society is high tech, that doesn't mean that
>people's basic needs will be met. People still starve, and are still
>homeless, even in the land of Milk and Honey.
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>Brett
fucking christ. i know i've jumped in and not thought things thru, but brett! it's a *storable* surplus. like grain! that has to be protected, with armed guards. at first from enemies. get it! just because you can catch all you want doesn't mean you can keep it. and salting it might make it last quite some time, but certainly not as long as things like grain and legumes! or livestock.
kelley