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> Modern life for middle class or poor class people is a lot better than the vast majority of history I 100% agree with you. I'm upper middle class and I live

> Modern life for middle class or poor class people is a lot better than the vast majority of history I 100% agree with you. I'm upper middle class and I live better than any king or any robber baron ever lived up until the early 20th century. Better dental care, better surgical operations (which saved my life when I was 18 or so btw and which save my daughter the day she turned 7 years old btw), better car, better soundsystem, better clothes, etc. We also know a more lot about what's healthy and what is not. Personal hygiene, including of those you have intimate relation with... > Like seriously, would you desire to go back in time to 1890? No. Not as a king. Not as the richest man on earth.

badpun 3y ago
On the other hand, you have to work for a living, don't have a private cook, prostitutes/concubines if that's your thing etc. I think I'd very much prefer to be a king in 1890 than McDonald's worker today. There's a risk I'd die of infection that's easily treated today, but, on the other hand, I'm not flipping burgers through majority of my waking hours.