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I'm talking about western world here.An average person,even on low income is lightyears better of than a middle class person a few hundred years ago.

• Animats 7y ago
  But quite possibly worse off than a unionized manufacturing worker from 1950-1970.
  • wesammikhail 7y ago
    The population has more than doubled since while overall efficiency has increased. This has nothing to do with unions or otherwise. It´s just a matter of the pie not growing as fast as the population is in some sense. Also, society looked very different back then. Women´s work force participation alone renders any comparison between the two ages rather difficult to make to begin with so assuming right off the bat that the 1950s were better (while disregarding all the advancements in medicine, etc.) is unfair at best. note: I understand that you said "possibly" but this is a claim that I hear rather often and I don´t know how people can actually make that comparison so easily.
  • SpicyLemonZest 7y ago
    Possibly, but possibly not. Assembly lines have all the bad parts of the Amazon warehouse exposes, except every rule is enforced by a giant hunk of steel that literally cannot accommodate you.