Plague, gruel and bad teeth: why do people idealise the olden days?

(economist.com)

4 points | by Anon84 13 hours ago ago

2 comments

  • elmer2 13 hours ago ago

    "Anti-capitalists on social media grouch that workers in Amazon warehouses are more oppressed than feudal farm labourers."

    There's an Office episode about this where they claimed Jail was better than working.

    • Terr_ 10 hours ago ago

      Much like one of the big features of jail, I think some of this involves confusion between conditions versus agency.