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It's not entirely wrong to feel that modern life is far too expensive. But we should also consider that a minimum wage worker in the US can buy three loaves of clean, safe bread ($2 each, no filler or adulteration) for a single hour's pay. That is a truly epic achievement in civilization.

I am dubious about much nostalgia. Though I avoid the right-wing type well enough online that my usual bugbear is the "oh, everything was better before capitalism!" type.

The people who post AI images of themselves as Knights Templar are the same people who would have shit themselves to death outside Acre.

I’m someone who would love a time machine to go back to multiple periods of history, but even as a kid I know I didn’t want to STAY there. Everything you said, plus AC, antibiotics, and better supplies for women. Plus, can you imagine the smell? I’d wouldn’t last 12 hours.