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What you say makes sense. Ultimately we can’t go back and see how it all unfolded, so like you said, what concerns us is the implications it has for us now.
I think yours, along with others, is a solid argument for veganism as consonant with anti-civ anarchism, while decrying fire tech and hunting as civ.

But considering your hypothetical outcomes of the scenario of inter-group dynamics of those armed with fire-tech plus hunting-warrior prowess/specialization vs those who don’t, what do you propose?

In a conference i saw on youtube [citation needed] jc scott said that in reaction to civ there have been groups that, wanting to escape it, there were bands of ransackers that took from the people cultivating and sometimes that developed into a formalized protection racket that resembles mafia. In “Worshiping Power” there’s a portrayal if different lines along which there could have risen different proto-states or civs. What is your thought on these and how do they interact with your notions?