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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Y’know…I’m reading The Way We Never Were by Stephanie Coontz.

For much of humanity’s time in modern civilization, everyone worked. Constantly. From childhood to old age. The worst period was from industrialization to the labor movement. Literally worked to death. Probably one of the worst periods in human history with massive disparity and horrendous working conditions. The modern era is luxurious for many compared to what we used to have.

[-] afox@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I appreciate the balanced perspective you brought to the table. Modern life is fantastic in so many ways. This post hits so close though because despite the reality most of us yearn for something more. Not wealth per say; freedom to work to live vs most seemingly living to work. The vast imbalance is horrible and most of us aren't having the best time. Says a comfortable software engineer who is is doing... OK but seriously as a society we should have figured out some semblance of proper balance by now.

[-] DeVaolleysAdVocate@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I think something like the idea of the consensus engine would greatly help us if it could be built. It's not a magic bullet but it would provide so many avenues for not making things worse

[-] Takios@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I think the difference is that now more than ever we can see the ever increasing wealth disparity in our society. While most of us toil away we constantly see what the classes above us are able to do and get away with because of their insane amount of money.

this post was submitted on 24 Sep 2023
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