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The last time humanity was happy and in tune with people and the Earth was in the "Hunter-Gatherer" time.
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When man moved to Ag/City set-up this caused stationary settlements which led to stratification of jobs, which led to those people who could manipulate the system were able to not have to do their own work to survive by making others do their work for them.
Whereas: When we were hunter-gatherers each person was made to do their own work or be left to die, egalitarian system.
The Earth can support about 20 million H-Gatherers and that is healthy for the Earth = no overpopulation, living mostly in temperate zones going to other zones temporarily when warm enough during warm seasons.
H/G's live to their 60's (which is plenty), this w/o modern conveniences or medicines.
Our current "progress" is actually just a "progress trap" which can't be sustained anyway. We are quickly consuming resources and polluting to end the health of Earth which will cause future collapse and devastation occurring as we speak; also slave labor is now a major problem for 6 of 7 billion people = these people are not happy but miserable.
Conclusion: in the next 100 years we should work BACK to this form (H/G life) for our own well-being =
Neo-Hunter-Gatherers.
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