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i'm curious about the metrics you use for this comparison? such a different world with a lot of history that happened between now and then. it's not exactly co
by greenie_beans 2y ago
i'm curious about the metrics you use for this comparison? such a different world with a lot of history that happened between now and then.
it's not exactly comparing apples to apples. working class americans have access to material goods but they don't have generational wealth like the aristocrats did. they don't have political power. they have to work everyday. they don't benefit from the class privilege. pretty significant list of all the differences.
- donatj 2y agoI don't think much of that matters in the day to day. What we do have is food, clean water, climate controlled housing, and sanitation - all better than the richest royalty of the time. In revolutionary France one particular cold snap without enough logs on the fire could kill your children. Our actual quality of life in the day to day far surpasses the aristocracy of revolutionary France. You don't rebel because someone has a nicer car than you, you rebel because you're starving and miserable. We're just not. We're comfortable and mildly annoyed someone else is more comfortable.
- greenie_beans 2y agothis doesn't contend with any of the very real advantages i listed that aristocrats had versus today's working class. overall i disagree with your position. some people in my state died just the other day because of this system: https://vtdigger.org/2024/12/04/its-heartbreaking-death-at-berlin-encampment-comes-days-after-wolcott-deaths/ https://vtdigger.org/2024/12/04/its-heartbreaking-death-at-b... > You don't rebel because someone has a nicer car than you, you rebel because you're starving and miserable. We're just not. We're comfortable and mildly annoyed someone else is more comfortable. very easy to say from our tech worker point of view!