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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoWell… that and there are far too many people on the planet to be supported through a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Even when you get into the millions, you need agriculture and animal husbandry. And farming and herding is a lot more work.
minus-squaredylanmorgan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoOkay, so how about medieval peasants also working 7-8 hour days, ~150 days per year? https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rauch/worktime/hours_workweek.html
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoYou do know they starved to death all the time, right?
minus-squarevolodya_ilich@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoAs a consequence of the lack of technology, not the lack of work.
Well… that and there are far too many people on the planet to be supported through a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Even when you get into the millions, you need agriculture and animal husbandry. And farming and herding is a lot more work.
Okay, so how about medieval peasants also working 7-8 hour days, ~150 days per year?
https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rauch/worktime/hours_workweek.html
You do know they starved to death all the time, right?
As a consequence of the lack of technology, not the lack of work.