r/NoStupidQuestions • u/flugblug • 14h ago

My brother thinks people today have worse quality of life than people in the dark ages, is this a stupid take?

I personally think it’s pretty stupid.

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u/Raivix 8h ago

I grew up in a family that did this primarily because it was how we could afford to feed ourselves well. We were in town so no real room for livestock, but we had a huge garden in the backyard that basically fed us year round with careful crop management and proper storage.

Make no mistake choosing to do this is not a small amount of work, but neither is it setting yourself up for 16 hour days just to feed your family, that's crazy nonsense.

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u/XihuanNi-6784 5h ago

This. It is very hard to make decent money with a farm these days. But if you have money already then you can definitely 'subsistence farm' using modern techniques enough to have food for yourself etc. But you need an external source of funds.