@a_musingcat very rough estimates say you need 100 acres to support one hunter-gatherer... which would mean the US could only support 1/14th of our current population
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Reply · Nov 24, 2023@br___ian @newthotguy @BasedBeffJezos the problem is # of humans vs # of acres per human needed for hunter-gatherer lifestyleReply · Aug 27, 2023@violetcastles what is the "natural state"? 8 billion of us absolutely could not live as hunter-gatherers, there's not enough land / wild foodsReply · Oct 9, 2021@Pathless110 Hmmm I do think you have something in mentioning population density... Hunter gatherer lifestyle sounds actually pretty good when…Reply · Sep 9, 2024@BlumenMit how would you reorganize it tho? living according to our hunter gatherer nature would require a much smaller global population ...