[MaysonL]

Actually farming is harder than hunting: it's just that people/acre is much higher for farmers than hunters, and farmers, being tied to the land, are more easily governed, supporting expansionist governments which drive the hunter-gatherers out. But I agree: that was the turning point.

[themic86]

Yeah - the point isn't so much the ease of farming, rather it's necessity in order to increase the 'people / acre ' and the inherent interdependence of people as a result. we've been moving towards socialism since birth.