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Re:Life for the Lowest Class in Ancient Pompeii? It Was Awful by peterfirefly on Saturday December 09, 2023 @11:27PM (#38589047)
Cobalt is not a rare earth mineral + only a low single-digit fraction of our cobalt comes from Congo.

... and living conditions for most Congolese are still better than they used to be, even for the lowest 10%.

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Re:Life for the Lowest Class in Ancient Pompeii? It Was Awful by grotted on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @01:38PM (#38616374)
Well they're certainly better than we were mass harvesting their hands, but that's a low bar.
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Re:Life for the Lowest Class in Ancient Pompeii? It Was Awful by ffgjgf1 on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @03:13AM (#38624148)
Or ever.

Not that it’s a fair comparison modern medicine and some (even on a minimal level) access to healthcare means that the majority of people who are alive now would’ve been dead.

Of course that’s certainly not the only thing.

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