But I still can't make a simple canning lid. That one little item brought the whole picture into focus. We could no doubt resort to other methods of preserving food. But that's not the point. It doesn't make sense.
Animal skins and hides, maybe.
Or perhaps I should learn to spin and weave. And in the process, I've learned what I should have known all along. We always have choices in life. The question of whether capitalism will survive or not is still up in the air. The one is dependent upon the other, and with that my choice is clear.