Universil-Unoyz Wintarros wrote:Adamede wrote:Human nature is overrated.
And not letting our children die to starvation or preventable disease isnt “coddling”.
How about you get off the computer and go live as a hunter gatherer?
It's not even just about human nature ... It's about paleolithic living simply being a superior way of living overall. Life expectancy is usually 30 years (the best years of your life, keep in mind), no dealing with the health problems that come with older age. Food is extremely nutritious, you are forced to be healthy (can you complain?). You get up when you want to, you sleep when you want to. And when you are awake, you do what you want to do!
Oh but of course. You can just go to burger king and buy a whopper and a large sprite for like ten bucks if you are hungry! Life is great, right?
As for children dying within 5 years, it sucks and is unfortunate! Yeah, but it is extremely necessary. Unless we manage to find a way to never birth weak children this is how we would remain an adequate species. If down the road this system collapses, and we are left with a world of limp wristed urbanites who see the light of day a total of one hour every week... yeah we're going extinct. Or at least a hefty chunk of our population is going away.
And funny you say that. I'd love to join a tribe and learn to hunt/gather, except you have to pay for property to roam on, where I live...
Where do you live? In the US and Canada there are vast, vast swathes of public lands you can wander to your heart’s content with almost no restrictions. I’m involved in the private forestry sector and have known people personally who live like gypsies on US forest service or BLM lands. If you wish to be a wandering thru-hiker and live off what you hunt and fish and withdraw from modern society, it is feasible to do so.