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Economy

Farmer-Rick

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7. Yeah, it's not a perfect metaphore

Reply to progree (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 3, 2022, 08:24 PM

Oct 2022

Evolution had a lot of dead ends and I hope we don't have those dead ends.

There was a lot of suffering as feudalism fell apart. There were constant disruptions to supply chains and transportation. There was almost constant war, famine and disease. So yeah, not a pleasant shift from feudalism to capitalism. Let's hope it's not as bad this time.

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Yeah, it's not a perfect metaphore Farmer-Rick Oct 2022 #7