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Before fossil fuels instead of some people spending up to 6 extra hours a day sitting in motorized transport nearly all people in every society were spending th
by drak0n1c 8y ago
Before fossil fuels instead of some people spending up to 6 extra hours a day sitting in motorized transport nearly all people in every society were spending those 6+ extra hours doing back-breaking work in the fields.
- perfunctory 8y agoThat’s a bit of a myth. In feodal european soscieties - maybe. But not in _every_ sosciety. > The Kapauku people of Papua think it is bad luck to work two consecutive days. The !Kung Bushmen work just two-and-a-half days per week, rarely more than six hours per day. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_time https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_time