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Comment by bandrami

2 hours ago

A poor person today has a better standard of living than a rich person in the 1700s

No they don't. I don't live in a mansion with dozens of rooms, servants and footmen.

  • Everybody now has antibiotics, oral contraception, machines to preserve and cook food, clean, heat your home, pass messages and put on music and plays in your living room.

    Who now needs dozens of personal physicians (practicing 19thC medicine!), prostitutes, cooks, maids, messenger boys and musicians?

  • Poor people have hundreds of servants, they're just robotic: a dishwasher, a laundry washer, a water heater, a door announcer, a courier who can travel at the speed of light, etc.