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> Society will not be worse off with most people doing physical labor. It was that way for thousands of years and humanity flourished. What's the evidence that
by goatlover 2y ago
> Society will not be worse off with most people doing physical labor. It was that way for thousands of years and humanity flourished.
What's the evidence that humanity flourished? The elites flourished off lots of slave and peasant labor. The standard of living was much lower while inequality was a lot higher. You would need to go back to hunter and gatherers, and it's hard to compare those lifestyles with today. For one things, billions of people don't live in nomadic tribes. Not everyone wants or can do physical labor. As a hunter gatherer, you had little choice but to pitch in.