Gollum@feddit.de to A sub for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoYou have less holidays than a Medieval peasanti.imgur.comimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1441arrow-down156file-textcross-posted to: historymemes@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1385arrow-down1imageYou have less holidays than a Medieval peasanti.imgur.comGollum@feddit.de to A sub for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: historymemes@lemmy.ml
minus-squaremathemachristian[he]@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·1 year agoI don’t think there is more work to be done today than during medieval times. And if there is then roll back industrialization because what’s the point of machines if they create more work.
minus-squarealvvayson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoDisagree on that. I quite like the products of industrialization. My machine woven wardrobe, mechanized transportation, temperature controlled dwelling, refrigerator and the internet - not willing to give those up.
minus-squarePoem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoClimate change due to industrial emissions and impending ecological collapse leading to food shortages and starvation of most humans?
minus-squaremathemachristian[he]@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoDisagree on what? That medieval peasants had more work than we do today?
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoHigher quality of life. We live longer, healthier, more productive, more interconnected lives, even if we do the same amount of work.
I don’t think there is more work to be done today than during medieval times. And if there is then roll back industrialization because what’s the point of machines if they create more work.
Disagree on that.
I quite like the products of industrialization.
My machine woven wardrobe, mechanized transportation, temperature controlled dwelling, refrigerator and the internet - not willing to give those up.
Climate change due to industrial emissions and impending ecological collapse leading to food shortages and starvation of most humans?
Disagree on what? That medieval peasants had more work than we do today?
Higher quality of life. We live longer, healthier, more productive, more interconnected lives, even if we do the same amount of work.