More dysentery also.. like a LOT more dysentery. So much so that people often believed their soul exists in their lower abdomen because when you feel pain there you die shortly after.

Wow that's a lot of dysentery.

Sorry your point lacks proper context based on reality.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 41 minutes ago

So you're not really a serf if you've got plumbing? The labor relationship with your employers isn't the issue?

[–] finderscult@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 hours ago

That's really a western Europe thing and American thing. Even then no where near as much as you're suggesting, not for the last 10k years or so at least. Beer/wine taking over and replacing water drinking unironically eliminated most of that, and in other cultures sanitation prevented it. English serfs had a lot of dysentery though, since they were too stupid to use Roman infrastructure.

[–] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 9 hours ago

Well we could argue your whole comment lacks connection to the original post

[–] TonoManza@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 7 hours ago

"Oh, you're mad that you have to work 12/7 to stay alive? Well, have you considered that peasants didn't have good healthcare?!? Hah, I bet you didn't... Wait, you can't afford healthcare either?...well, you'll suffer and die from a modern illness rather than shitting yourself so you still aren't allowed to complain! It's all perfect now!"