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RE: The Story of Money: Work, Wage Labor, and What makes us us?
I really like your post, but it sorta conflicts with the way I've always generally seen things. Comparing to medieval standards working 8 hours per day (compared to 16), having 3 meals a day (compared to 1 bread), having a car, a house, the freedom to visit other countries... I mean it seems like these luxuries were reserved for the richest 1% in medieval times, the rulers, but never the common folk.
In modern age the common folk are better off, or at least I've always thought so.
I will have to rethink...
Medieval periods of European history seem pretty grim at times. It's true...and also we're not really truly sure what it was like for many people. I think people definitely have a lot of privileges today, and also, maybe we don't have it all figured out either.