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Shaushage_Shandwich t1_iz48wly wrote

>A lot of the "leisure" activities associated with modern culture is because of material excess afforded by industrialized manufacturing and resource procurement.

The idea of leisure time and leisure activities only coming about after, and as a result of industrialisation and mass production has been questioned by a lot of people. Here's an interesting article that goes into some of the research that suggest hunter gatherers may have had more leisure time than modern people. https://www.rewild.com/in-depth/leisure.html

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[deleted] t1_iz4cqto wrote

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Mastercat12 t1_iz4rhm6 wrote

They worked more then us, on the days they worked. Which was half the year usually. Then it was working on infrastructure projects and leisure.

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ammonium_bot t1_iz97j2y wrote

> worked more then us,

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