Sure, but people 100 years ago all lived like kings compared to kings 100.000 years ago. Poverty is a relative thing, IMHO. Yes, a lot of the workers seemed po

Sure, but people 100 years ago all lived like kings compared to kings 100.000 years ago. Poverty is a relative thing, IMHO. Yes, a lot of the workers seemed poor, but they were nowhere near living in the same conditions as the poor 50 or 100 years ago. Were they working for "a big flat screen TV and a new car"?