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For the majority of human history, the majority of the world's population were subsistence farmers at best. They didn't "earn money". They made enough food off
by sofixa 2y ago
For the majority of human history, the majority of the world's population were subsistence farmers at best. They didn't "earn money". They made enough food off their farm to be able to survive, and traded the rest for tools, other food, etc. Or were serfs or slaves where even that was beyond them.
- metacritic12 2y agoExactly, the $300/year is imputed value for the amount of food they grew and housing services from the houses they build. They rarely received $300 as e.g. gold that they declared.