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ramesh31 ◴[] No.41914897[source]
Nobody does this because nobody wants to do this. Communal and multigenerational living was the default standard for all of human history. But as soon as people are wealthy enough in any society, they get out of it.
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1. Suppafly ◴[] No.41916535[source]
>Communal and multigenerational living was the default standard for all of human history. But as soon as people are wealthy enough in any society, they get out of it.

This. I'm not sure why we pretend poor people live like that because they want to or because their society is better, when the reality is that most people wouldn't live like that if they had a choice.