Yeah stupid royals didn't know about solar 100 years ago.
But in every other conceivable way they were more privileged then we are today.
The average worker today works twice as many hours as pre i...
Not in the slightest where they more privileged in 1500 than today....
Saying a peasant was wealthier is a stretch. They might have had more holidays, but those were mostly because you literally couldn't farm in the dark or the frozen mud. Their "work" was literally survival. If you didn't spend those hours hauling water, chopping wood, or mending wool, you simply didn't survive the season.
Today you flip a switch and water is there.
You can go to a grocery store and buy a steak.
I’ll take my 40-hour week over dysentery, zero antibiotics, and a 50% chance of my kids making it to adulthood any day!
Saying a peasant was wealthier is a stretch. They might have had more holidays, but those were mostly because you literally couldn't farm in the dark or the frozen mud. Their "work" was literally survival. If you didn't spend those hours hauling water, chopping wood, or mending wool, you simply didn't survive the season.
Today you flip a switch and water is there.
You can go to a grocery store and buy a steak.
I’ll take my 40-hour week over dysentery, zero antibiotics, and a 50% chance of my kids making it to adulthood any day!
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