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No they don't. I don't live in a mansion with dozens of rooms, servants and footmen.




Poor people have hundreds of servants, they're just robotic: a dishwasher, a laundry washer, a water heater, a door announcer, a courier who can travel at the speed of light, etc.

I don't have any of these except the last one.

Everybody now has antibiotics, oral contraception, machines to preserve and cook food, clean, heat your home, pass messages and put on music and plays in your living room.

Who now needs dozens of personal physicians (practicing 19thC medicine!), prostitutes, cooks, maids, messenger boys and musicians?


I don't use most of the things you described. I don't sleep around so don't need two of those.

My home is currently unheated thanks to high utility costs and taxes.

The last three times I was on antibiotics they did almost nothing for me.




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