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Re:Great Male Renunciation by pfannkuchen on Sunday October 22, 2023 @05:48PM (#37979395)
Generally I’m not sure the modern world is better, but you probably do own a lot of machines that take the place of many things servants would have done in the past. Laundry machine, dishwasher machine, mixing machine, fire tending machine, etc.
Re:Great Male Renunciation by rsynnott on Monday October 23, 2023 @06:44AM (#37983863)
> Generally I’m not sure the modern world is better

... Eh? I mean, it is clearly better by any reasonable measure. Bear in mind that most people in the 18th century didn't have a staff of servants.

Re:Great Male Renunciation by pfannkuchen on Monday October 23, 2023 @06:45PM (#37992645)
The modern world is way, way more socially atomized than what most people would have experienced in the 1800s. Not everything is about technology or immediate comfort.