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[–] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure the Native Americans didn't believe in land ownership, at least not individual land ownership, more of a communal version, and it worked out well for them. They had huge societies, vast trade networks, and were able to feed themselves fine. It requires a different, non-capitalist, non-Western mindset, but it can work.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Their huge societies in no way are comparable to the population we have today.

[–] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

Neither was the Western population at the time, but it scaled up fine. There's nothing saying alternative systems of land ownership can't scale up either. The only reason we went with the current one is because it benefited the people who killed everyone else.

[–] Kentifer@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Why is it that their population hasn't grown in the same way as people with other views on land ownership, do you think? Is it because the other people were the good guys in your imagination?