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One of the most interesting books I have read is Franz Innerhofers Schöne Tage which describes his experience on a farm in Austria in the second half of the 20t
by nasmorn 1y ago
One of the most interesting books I have read is Franz Innerhofers Schöne Tage which describes his experience on a farm in Austria in the second half of the 20th century. The experiences of farm hands and maids was absolutely horrifying and each one would take a soul less office job at Dunder Mifflin or an Uber Eats route without question. People were basically property even in society without slavery. The US 19th century is really a special case because the land was all recently stolen from the native Americans who mostly died of diseases. So those people that colonized the land had an unknown amount of freedom because that only existed for a short time in history and even they were lacking any access to medical services or real education. What’s not seeing half your children dying worth to you?
- _DeadFred_ 1y agoTo your last question, zero, because no one has children anymore because of the present. The past can be interesting, but is not a direct substation for actual discussion in the present. I mean in this one thread supposedly about the impact of capital itself now being able to create labour, instead of paying for labor, something that has never happened in history we have such depth on the topic at hand as: 'In the past everything perfectly just magically worked out so it will magically work out now and magic new jobs will appear because jobs appeared in the past' 'The past was horrific, you should be grateful for any current job and ignore you are getting poorer' 'The past was an special one off time in history, you can't expect that now' 'Medicine didn't exist in the past. Think about the children' Zero depth of discussion but a shit load of handwaving away actual discussion.