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Ive read plenty and our modern concepts around economics don't go back that far. There have been innumerable societies that were able to create generally equitable systems of resource distribution throughout human history that weren't contingent on modern concepts around economics. If those before us were able to do it with significantly more limitations, there's no reason we can't do it (and even improve upon it) now. Try reading some books that don't lick boot
Would you care to give an example of a successful society of the past that achieved what you are describing without slaves or other means of super cheap labor. I can't think of a single one but I am very interested.
Do the societies have to be mostly white people in order to count? Because before the white men came pretty much every indigenous society was living pretty in tune with nature and didn't suffer a few rich cunts exploiting the vast majority of the rest.
https://wechronicle.com/philanthropy/exploring-the-inca-tradition-of-ayni-reciprocity-and-social-welfare/
They also provided allowances (ie social welfare) to those who were too ill or old to work.