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"In 1900, if everyone was asked to stay home for 3 months, they'd go home for 3 months, and come out not-too-much-worse" Considering that back then most househ
by qwytw 6y ago
"In 1900, if everyone was asked to stay home for 3 months, they'd go home for 3 months, and come out not-too-much-worse"
Considering that back then most households spent close to 50% of their income on food and there were basically no social safety nets it's much more likely they would have starved to death by then end of those 3 months...
- paganel 6y agoMaybe in the few industrialized areas from that time, such as the UK, Belgium, the Rurh basin or the US North-East, the rest of the world was pretty much still agricultural and as such didn’t depend on a factory job/income in order to live.