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Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009) by psychrometer on Thursday August 22, 2019 @10:00AM (#20768131)
Those people probably made up less than 1% of the population.
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Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009) by Digit-Al on Saturday August 24, 2019 @08:24AM (#20786735)
The small number is irrelevant. The OP said office jobs did not exist in medieval times. This is quite clearly an incorrect statement. I am perfectly happy to debate whether pointing this out is relevant to the point being made, but I stand by my assertion.
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