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[Anonymous No.19628182]

>Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been FUCKING AWESOME for the human race
Seriously, what kind of soulless ape doesn't feel inspired by sheer metal monstrosities mankind erected all across the globe? Book on this feel?

[Anonymous No.19628236]

I just want to hunt in cold woods and open fields for a small community and have my contribution mean something.
I get a month a year of LARPing then it is back on the commuter subway.

[Anonymous No.19628243]

>the average annual hours worked by Americans in 2017 reached 1,780, whereas an adult male peasant in the United Kingdom worked an average of 1,620.
>Indeed, medieval peasants enjoyed a less rigid workday. Meals weren’t rushed and the afternoon might call for a nap. “The tempo of life was slow, even leisurely; the pace of work relaxed,” said Schor. “Our ancestors may not have been rich, but they had an abundance of leisure.”

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>>19628182
>Book on this feel?
mainstream media

[Anonymous No.19628271]

>>19628243
A hundred hours of work more annually??! AAAAAAAAA IM GOING INSANE GIVE ME BACK BLACK PLAGUE

[Anonymous No.19628277]

I want to destroy the modern world so much, but man, God knows I also love driving my truck around

[Anonymous No.19628281]

>>19628182
Pinker

[Anonymous No.19628292]

>>19628182

[Anonymous No.19628300]

>>19628271
yeah

[Anonymous No.19628303]

this stuff is so midwit