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Subsistence life in West Virginia before capitalism
Preface. These are a few of my kindle notes from Steven Stoll’s “Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia” that may give you an idea of how people might survive after collapse. It is a damning critique of capitalism.
Posted in Jobs and Skills, Life Before Oil
Tagged capitalism, farming, hunting, Subsistence
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