The image is literally that another place is doing it worse than the US.
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captain_oni@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They said the same about electricity in the past. But here we are, forcing people to have 2 jobs to pay for their basic necessities. While rich people get their taxes slashed and social programs get gutted, because “welfare queens should pull themselves up by their bootstraps”
And I know this is more of an “America problem”. But it’s not like other places aren’t trying to do the same (or are doing worse).
Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 10 months ago
MxM111@kbin.social 10 months ago
Electricity and industrialization in general did change a lot. You do not have to work 12 hours in fields under the sun anymore. Life expectancy is significantly longer too. Industrial Revolution helped to fuel lots of social progress which would be impossible if 90% of population were agricultural field workers.
0ddysseus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This is a friendly reminder that medieval peasants had more freedom of movement, worked significantly less hours/days per year, and had stronger and richer community and family loves than anyone in our advanced modern society.
I do love modern medicine though