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Q/HIKIKOMORIST!/Global Village?

LET'S START WITH FAMINE,
WHICH FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS
HAS BEEN HUMANITY'S WORST ENEMY?
Until very recently most humans lived on
the very edge of the biological poverty line,
below which people succumb to malnutrition
& hunger! A small mistake or a bit of bad luck
could very easily be a death sentence for an entire
family or village! If heavy rains destroyed your wheat crop,
or robbers carried off your goat herd {a.s.o.!}, you, your beloved & loved ones
may well have starved to death! Some misfortune or stupidity {f.i. ÙN or DJTRUMP} on the collective
level resulted in mass famines {or worse!}... When severe drought hit ancient
AeGYPT, China or medival INDIA, it was not at all uncommon that 5 or 10%
of the population perished! Provisions became scarce;
transport was too slow & expensive
to import sufficient food; and
governments were far too
weak to save
the day
...


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