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noosphr 2 hours ago

2026 - 200 = 1826

Yeah no. It's only since 1950 that conditions improved for everyone. Before then everything from sewage, to coal smoke, to chronically low wages made life worse for everyone involved. The most miserable people to live in history were the British working class in the mid/late 19th century.

nubg 23 minutes ago | parent [-]

> The most miserable people to live in history were the British working class in the mid/late 19th century.

I find this topic very interesting, do you have any reading you could recomment on this?