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Although that's true, is 200 years ago really the baseline we want to use for judging working conditions? Two hundred years ago meant widespread child labor, h
by orcasushi 1mo ago
Although that's true, is 200 years ago really the baseline we want to use for judging working conditions?
Two hundred years ago meant widespread child labor, harsh factory conditions, little worker protection, and slavery or serfdom. Add to it the onset of Industrial Revolution.
Modern studies indicate people in the dark ages worked 6 hours a day: Ironically a better baseline!
- fugaziboutit 1mo agoI don't believe that "6 hours a day" is an answer any historian would give when asked how much workers in any period in history worked. There have been indications that there were approximately 150 days per year which were most active for medieval farmers, but if I had a time machine I wouldn't stay there very long if my desire was to experience good working conditions.