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> we spend 20% of our GDP to achieve the same results as the 1850s English who got them for next to nothing in comparison. I have to assume that our lives are
by hawaiianbrah 4y ago
> we spend 20% of our GDP to achieve the same results as the 1850s English who got them for next to nothing in comparison.
I have to assume that our lives are overall much easier medically, though. Breaking a limb (or even losing one) is not nearly as big of a deal now than it probably was then, for instance.