“The world's most 'primitive' people have few possessions, but they are not poor. Poverty is not a certain small amount of goods, nor is it just a relation between means and ends; above all it is a relation between people. Poverty is a social status. As such it is the invention of civilization. It has grown with civilization, at once as an invidious distinction between classes and more importantly as a tributary relation.” PeopleWorldMeanEndsCertainSocialPoorClassPovertyAmountCivilizationRelationPossessionInventionDistinctionGoodsPrimitiveSmall AmountsSocial Status Book:Stone Age Economics Source: Stone Age Economics
“Beyond Bookchin”, David Watson, of Fifth Estate, argues that aboriginal society represents a viable Utopia. He quotes favourably the anthropologist Marshall Sahlins; “We are inclined to think of hunters and gatherers as poor because they don’t have anything, perhaps better to think of them for that reason as free.” ThinkingReasonPoorArguingEstatesHuntersFifthUtopiaWatsonAboriginalAnthropologists Author:Marshall Sahlins
