Considering things like modern medicine not being available, infant and child mortality, the gruesome nature of most work back then… would a “standard” commoner from back then laugh at how ‘soft’ our world has become from their point of view?

What can we infer from people’s mindsets and resilience back then vs now, and do you think we’re on the verge of a return to these conditions?

I think techno-feudalism has the capacity to be much more brutal than any old time machiavellan clown. The way our minds are deliberately manipulated by algorithms nowadays are much more subtle and insidious than anything the tyrants of yesteryear could’ve dreamt up, while at the same time convincing people they have it better than ever.

  • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    Here’s a half hour video on how industrial work differed from agricultural work

    https://youtu.be/hvk_XylEmLo

    There are some cases where stresses back then were worse than today, but there are a lot of cases where today is worse from the point of view of certain stresses.

    You also have differences in expectations. For instance, it was common for children to die due to different reasons. That vastly changes the parent-child dynamic.