Post #2599748

@gdinwiddie@mastodon.social Ah, I see your point now. Accumulating surplus for the future is wise and prudent and was actually part of my life when I was a child. My parents (well, mother, mostly) did exactly that on a seasonal basis, filling large storage shelves with preserved seasonal fruits and vegetables for the winter / spring months. Yes, hunter-gatherers did indeed do that at an early stage of pre-history. The difference now, is that some individuals are creating and accumulating surpluses far beyond their needs for comfortable survival. This to the detriment of those who, for whatever reason, could not accumulate sufficient resources for survival. Also to the detriment of the natural resources and systems of Earth, because the consumption of resources and pollution of the natural systems required to produce those surpluses exceeds their ability to recover. Hunter-gatherers didn't (and still don't, where such communities survive) tend to do that. #sustainability