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Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009) by devoply on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @11:46PM (#20764463)
French farmers did nothing 1/3 of the year now many are hyperstressed and a number are taking their own lives.
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Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009) by ryanmercer on Thursday August 22, 2019 @09:30AM (#20767800)
>now many are hyperstressed and a number are taking their own lives.

Not just France, suicide rates are up among farmers the world around

A couple of examples:

The U.S. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/06/why-are-amer...

India https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/31/suicides...

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Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009) by croisillon on Thursday August 22, 2019 @01:17AM (#20764864)
it's not only due to the work but to the solitude as well. there used to be 70% of the population, men and women farming and living in farming communities, now only 3%, mostly men, actually working and not many people around
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