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Re:The prison inside: Japan's hikikomori lack relationships,... by nradov on Monday June 03, 2019 @09:29AM (#20082844)
You're romanticizing it. Very few primitive people had it easy. Life was hard and just staying alive was often complex. Especially when an epidemic came through, or your village was caught in the middle of a war.
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Re:The prison inside: Japan's hikikomori lack relationships,... by chachachoney on Monday June 03, 2019 @09:46AM (#20082987)
Everything you've said is equally true of the modern world.
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Re:The prison inside: Japan's hikikomori lack relationships,... by humanrebar on Monday June 03, 2019 @09:50AM (#20083027)
Unevenly, maybe.

But someone in a first world country isn't at serious risk of the next town over coming by and murdering everyone for their possessions. Or having fatal diarrhea.

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Re:The prison inside: Japan's hikikomori lack relationships,... by chachachoney on Sunday June 16, 2019 @11:39AM (#20195989)
You just moved goalposts.
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