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[–] whoelectroplateuntil@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Having studied the history of work, this is one of those things that sounds super smart, but is actually half-baked nonsense. As hard and crappy as medieval life was, you still work twice as many days in a year as a medieval peasant did. It gets worse the more societies and ways of life you study.