It’s a hard question, but in practice I’m not sure there’s a tradeoff. A hundred years ago, the least fortunate would have been working 12 hour shifts locked in

It’s a hard question, but in practice I’m not sure there’s a tradeoff. A hundred years ago, the least fortunate would have been working 12 hour shifts locked into in a sweatshop that doesn’t care if they burn to death, or putting in backbreaking labor to keep their farm barely above water before losing it all in the Dust Bowl.