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From: D <nospam@example.net>
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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2024 22:48:22 +0100
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On Thu, 7 Nov 2024, Rich wrote:

> In comp.os.linux.misc D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>> Last, but not least, what is work?  I'm sure that if you measure
>> _effective_ work, you'll find the difference between a medieval
>> peasant and a modern american far smaller, when coffee breaks,
>> smoking breaks, vacations, are deducted.
>
> There is also a huge difference between 8hrs on a computer shuffling
> electronic paper back and forth vs. 8hrs tending a farm's fields and
> animals because those very fields and animals are all that stand
> between you and starvation come the middle of Februrary when snow and
> ice abound, but little plant life grows.
>
> Even modern jobs that are considered "manual labor" by today's
> standards in the US are quite different vs.  the mideval peasant who's
> very survival into next summer depends upon being able to squeeze, and
> preserve, enough food to survive through the long cold winter.
>
> Now, if you mean "time spent actually doing work", well the pessant
> likely spent more time actually doing "work".
>

True.