If Adam and Eve were not hunter-gatherers, then they were certainly gatherers. But, then, consumer desire, or self-embitterment, or the 'itch, ' as Schopenhauer called it, appeared in the shape of the serpent. This capitalistic monster awakens in Adam and Eve the possibility that things could be better. Instantly, they are cast out of the garden and condemned to a life of toil, drudgery, and pain. Wants supplanted needs, and things have been going downhill ever since. Tom Hodgkinson
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The idea being presented here is that Adam and Eve were not hunter-gatherers, but since they didn't have money, they were gatherers. It was not until the appearance of the serpent that things went downhill. Once Adam and Eve became self-conscious and aware of their wants and needs, everything went down hill.

Source: The Freedom Manifesto

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