True, but they also didn’t get to vote, run for office, they didn’t have phones or cars and few would ever travel far from where they were born. They didn’t have compulsory and free education or near universal literacy.
Also- there are about 260-263 weekdays a year. Peasants didn’t get every Saturday off as is the common 5 day work week schedule.
Compare the quality and quantity of food and other items you receive to a medieval peasant.
Now- even in their own time period- compare their access. Phones didn’t exist back then- much we have likely wouldn’t exist and be as advanced or plentiful if many people didn’t work very hard to provide it. They did have technology and conveniences and such back then though.
The sorts of things that they had might seem basic to us- but many were cutting edge technology or luxury items. Now- compare their access to goods, services, technology, information and yours.
You work more, but you have a lot more.
The average “40 hour a week” worker will work about 100 more days than a medieval peasant in a year.
You could work part time and live in a hi el with 5 other people and eat stale and spoiled food and have no car and own a few sets of clothing and no Tv or phone etc. and work less than a medieval peasant and live about the same as they did or better.
I’ll skip only 150 days of work and enjoy having fresh food thank you.
Or you can work one of the many jobs like divers and specialists in resource and energy, logistics etc. who often work maybe 6 months a year and have the rest off. Many options.
Also- there are about 260-263 weekdays a year. Peasants didn’t get every Saturday off as is the common 5 day work week schedule.
Compare the quality and quantity of food and other items you receive to a medieval peasant.
Now- even in their own time period- compare their access. Phones didn’t exist back then- much we have likely wouldn’t exist and be as advanced or plentiful if many people didn’t work very hard to provide it. They did have technology and conveniences and such back then though.
You work more, but you have a lot more.
The average “40 hour a week” worker will work about 100 more days than a medieval peasant in a year.
You could work part time and live in a hi el with 5 other people and eat stale and spoiled food and have no car and own a few sets of clothing and no Tv or phone etc. and work less than a medieval peasant and live about the same as they did or better.
I’ll skip only 150 days of work and enjoy having fresh food thank you.
Or you can work one of the many jobs like divers and specialists in resource and energy, logistics etc. who often work maybe 6 months a year and have the rest off. Many options.