Originally Posted by
Kevin Bourque
It wasn't too long ago that everyone lived off the grid. They all had outhouses, washboards, and wood stoves. They had to fetch water from the crick, or pump it from a well if they were lucky.
If you wanted something to eat you had to grow it, butcher it, store it, prepare it, light the stove, and then you could eat it.
All this fancy livin' is a relatively new phenomenon.
We humans became dependent upon others with the initial divisions of labor and a the agricultural revolution say 3-5000 BCE. Even most who live off the grid, got some potion of their belongings from others (easy examples, clothes, shoes, cooking pots, stoves, etc.). It is true that a great proportion of our arctivities were conducted by ourselves 100-150 years ago. I remember outhouses, pumping water, etc... Todays life is easier, we live longer and better in our society than ever before.
Shawn
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