Comment by racecar789 1 day ago It's a fitting title to describe life today for most people. 14 comments racecar789 Reply decimalenough 1 day ago The series actually talks about this in detail, in particular the (incorrect) trope that medieval peasants worked a lot less than we do. uncircle 20 hours ago Yeah, and imagine how much more time could the medieval peasants have spent working if only they had electricity, machines and computers at their disposal.The joys of progress. adastra22 1 day ago Is that a trope? ljf 1 day ago Yes https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/medieval-peasant-only-work... 9 replies → goodpoint 1 day ago https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technofeudalism provides a good description
decimalenough 1 day ago The series actually talks about this in detail, in particular the (incorrect) trope that medieval peasants worked a lot less than we do. uncircle 20 hours ago Yeah, and imagine how much more time could the medieval peasants have spent working if only they had electricity, machines and computers at their disposal.The joys of progress. adastra22 1 day ago Is that a trope? ljf 1 day ago Yes https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/medieval-peasant-only-work... 9 replies →
uncircle 20 hours ago Yeah, and imagine how much more time could the medieval peasants have spent working if only they had electricity, machines and computers at their disposal.The joys of progress.
adastra22 1 day ago Is that a trope? ljf 1 day ago Yes https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/medieval-peasant-only-work... 9 replies →
The series actually talks about this in detail, in particular the (incorrect) trope that medieval peasants worked a lot less than we do.
Yeah, and imagine how much more time could the medieval peasants have spent working if only they had electricity, machines and computers at their disposal.
The joys of progress.
Is that a trope?
Yes https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/medieval-peasant-only-work...
9 replies →
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technofeudalism provides a good description