They never traded food (the basics). They had no homeless, and no people without food. You would be free to trade as long as you don't touch the system, to create artificial shortages, to profit. There are too many of us to access the basics as the Indians did. So we need that system.
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Crazy Horse, Tashunkewitko of the western Sioux, was born about 1845. Killed at Fort Robinson, Nebraska in 1877, he lived barely 33 years.
As a boy, Crazy Horse seldom saw white men. Sioux parents took pride in teaching their sons and daughters according to tribal customs. Often giving food to the needy, they exemplified self-denial for the general good. They believed in generosity, courage, and self-denial, not a life based upon commerce and gain.
One winter when Crazy Horse was only five, the tribe was short of food. His father, a tireless hunter, finally brought in two antelope. The little boy rode his pony through the camp, telling the old folks to come for meat, without first asking his parents. Later when Crazy Horse asked for food, his mother said, "You must be brave and live up to your generous reputation."
It was customary for young men to spend much time in prayer and solitude, fasting in the wilderness --typical of Sioux spiritual life which has since been lost in the contact with a material civilization.
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And a prediction for the year 2100: population from 700 million - to 1 billion. Barely surviving. Camps like the one in "Mad Max", or "Escape from Abssolom". Most of the planet is a wasteland covered with trash. Clean water or fertile soil - very hard to find. I could be wrong. By then we could also have a world like "Soylent Green" + "Brazil"
People will dream about a society like I described. Maybe they will be smart enough - not to recreate this madness...
Why ? Open all the links to the right here :
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One day there will be so many houses, that people will be bored and will go live in tents. "Why are you living in tents ? Are there not enough houses ?" "Yes there are, but we play this Economy game"