Within cities this was common, yet the vast majority of the population did not live there and was "employed" in other ways. For someone living an agricultural

Within cities this was common, yet the vast majority of the population did not live there and was "employed" in other ways. For someone living an agricultural lifestyle things weren't great, you did have to appease your land-owner, but usually that was facilitated by paying a portion of your crop as rent. During the winter months when you had little to do other than care for livestock, things were pretty laid back. We're a lot less self-sufficient than we used to be, and this is perhaps irreversible. Nobody can be expected to make their own medication, to build their own computer from sand.