• ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    Sort of?

    it takes a village to raise a child

    Now it’s just the parents and maybe a close friend/relative.

    People are a lot less close with their neighbours given they can get that companionship online.

    If you have a bad harvest (or more modernly lose your job) your neighbours aren’t likely to feed you/keep you in your home.

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      3 days ago

      The saying probably includes stuff like food production and creating and maintaining shelter.

      If you were a hunter-gatherer, probably the latter would be good enough, but that’s where originates the difference in future potential.