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[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We have so much stigma around being poor. I would probably cry myself to death out of joy if I woke up in a world where people felt shame for hoarding wealth.

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There was this British yt speaking about the societal changes and she said "rich people invented homelessness and they've been mad about it ever since". Back in the medieval Times, humility was a virtue and priests made vows of poverty.

Yeah, I saw that same video. What is so incredible is how it completely destroyed wages for workers that the average worker in 1450 wouldn't make the same until 1850 or so.