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> I mean all previous innovations which were supposed to allow working less somehow never materialized in working less, and the quality of life improvements are
by WalterBright 24d ago
> I mean all previous innovations which were supposed to allow working less somehow never materialized in working less, and the quality of life improvements are greatly questionable,
The bone evidence of pre-Columbian Indians in America is one of periodic starvation. For the colonists, the bone evidence is one of extremely hard labor and short lives.
America's poor have a higher standard of living than medieval kings.
- tempfile 23d agoYou could enslave someone and yet give them a greater standard of living than a medieval king. That would not mean that it is acceptable, or even better.
- bluGill 23d agoI suspect most of them would find being my slave better. By modern standards it would not be acceptable or better, but all evidence I've seen suggest most people in medieval days would consider then loss of freedom not that big of a deal (partially this is about how little freedom many of them had)