Many traditional villages are indeed largely self-sufficient for their food, and also for maintenance of their tools.
For production of their tools, much less so (depending on the tool : pottery and some woodworking, yes; metallurgy, usually no).
And that's not a minor thing !
Minimizing the importance of large-scale support system is a way to promote a (usually reactionary) misunderstanding of actual economy.
ClaraBlackInk (npub186x…96p2) Gerry McGovern (npub14sz…ur2r)
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