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If living better than a medieval peasant doesn't mean anything, then why do so few people want to live like medieval peasants?
by kbolino 13y ago
If living better than a medieval peasant doesn't mean anything, then why do so few people want to live like medieval peasants?
- coldtea 13y agoFor one, because most people can not even point Canada on the map, much less know anything about the living conditions in the medieval age. In fact, most things people associate with the middle ages are either BS or happened at other times. Witch-huns and the Inquisition for example, are phenomena of the Renaissance, not of the middle ages. Even the Plague happened on the tail end of the middle ages entering into the Renaissance. Heck, even fewer know that the ratio of holidays (what we'd call bank holidays today) to work was extremely higher in the middle ages compared to today. Most homeless/coupon-living/trailer individuals would be much better off in the middle ages compared to today.