alt Hacker News> Besides, America's poor have a higher standard of living than medieval kings.
Only if you define the standard of living in a consumerist way.
> Besides, America's poor have a higher standard of living than medieval kings.
Only if you define the standard of living in a consumerist way.
Would you willingly swap your life (or the life of your child) for that of a medieval king?
I sure wouldn’t.