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minus-squarePrunebutt@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWhy can’t we have both? Why must we trade one for the other?
minus-squareMindSkipperBro12@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoBecause medieval peasantry ain’t exactly all that great. There’s a reason why we grew out of it.
minus-squarePrunebutt@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWe’ve had the 40h work week for about 100 years and more or less exponential growth for that time, too. Why did that never turn into more leisure time? No one is asking for feudal society. Just more leisure
Why can’t we have both? Why must we trade one for the other?
Because medieval peasantry ain’t exactly all that great. There’s a reason why we grew out of it.
We’ve had the 40h work week for about 100 years and more or less exponential growth for that time, too. Why did that never turn into more leisure time?
No one is asking for feudal society. Just more leisure