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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
No chance in hell I would want to be rich in 1770. The average schmo lives far better than monarchs from that era. Just goes to show how people have no idea how much better life is today.
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Ya, that's insane. No vaccines, no real health care, no ability to travel very far, still pooping in a bucket(even if it is gold plated, it's still a bucket). Toilets hadn't been invented. Hot water? Indoor plumbing? I don't think people realize just how any everyday things we take advantage of didn't exist even 100 years ago.
Which opens up a more interesting question, would you rather be middle class now, or poor 100 years in the future?