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The peasant had to pay 20% tax and had free housing and food and worked half the amount of hours / year that we work. And they got revolutions. What does it tel
by datadeft 2y ago
The peasant had to pay 20% tax and had free housing and food and worked half the amount of hours / year that we work. And they got revolutions. What does it tell about us?
- tgsovlerkhgsel 2y ago> worked half the amount of hours / year that we work Source? I have some doubts about this claim. Are you sure this doesn't simply measure one form of labor while ignoring another?
- ceejayoz 2y agoThere’s a pretty good discussion of this at https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/i4igt7/did_people_in_the_past_really_have_more_leisure/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/i4igt7/did_p...
- datadeft 2y agoNot really. Check out that reddit thread it goes into details about this topic. It has surprising details.