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I wonder what has changed? People today who attempt to get a piece of land and do subsistence farming usually discover it is way more work then they are used to
by amanaplanacanal 2y ago
I wonder what has changed? People today who attempt to get a piece of land and do subsistence farming usually discover it is way more work then they are used to doing and quit.
- aden1ne 2y agoSmaller families? Historically families were large and the entire extended family helped out, across all generations. In the modern age our families are smaller, and we consider it morally abject to have children work, with the elderly being expected to retire.
- Jensson 2y agoThey lack the 20 years of mentor led training to do all tasks related to farming and surviving that average medieval adults had. How fast you can do things when you are skilled compared to unskilled is massive, unskilled subsistence farming not being viable isn't strange.
- WalterBright 2y agoSkilled or not, doing everything with hand tools is unending backbreaking labor.