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> Finding food wasn't a constant struggle. What farming societies had is organization of force and a concept of land ownership.

Finding food wasn't a constant struggle but when it happened it was an extinction event.

A farmer can rely on extra food created to sustain them in fallow years, and is much more stable than chasing deers around.



Famine hardly ended with the advent of agriculture.


If anything, farming made societies more susceptible to famine. Specialization of labor and dependence on a specific plot of land made it much harder to simply move somewhere else when food was scarce. Hunter-gatherers and herders were almost always nomadic and moved to wherever food was available.


Sure, but it isn't my claim.

Agriculture and farming were more stable/predictable source of food and shelter. Especially during winter.

Sure you can move, but nothing guarantees another tribe/predator isn't in the new place.




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