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minus-squaredylanmorgan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month agoOkay, so how about medieval peasants also working 7-8 hour days, ~150 days per year? https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rauch/worktime/hours_workweek.html
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down7·1 month agoYou do know they starved to death all the time, right?
minus-squareAbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down3·1 month agoYou do know people today starve to death all the time, right?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down6·1 month agoCompared to the middle ages?
minus-squarevolodya_ilich@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month agoAs a consequence of the lack of technology, not the lack of work.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoand, like, the nobles stealing their food, forcing them to go to war, etc etc…
Okay, so how about medieval peasants also working 7-8 hour days, ~150 days per year?
https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rauch/worktime/hours_workweek.html
You do know they starved to death all the time, right?
You do know people today starve to death all the time, right?
Compared to the middle ages?
As a consequence of the lack of technology, not the lack of work.
and, like, the nobles stealing their food, forcing them to go to war, etc etc…