TOModera@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•If a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them?
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7 months agoMerchants have become so powerful that I, a serf, have been taught number solely to account for every penny they make. For this, I’m allowed to live an okay life. I do it with magic (Excel) because they are so big and don’t want to hire many of me. They still act like the Dutch and East India Companies, with slightly fewer atrocities.
At one time, poor people would sell pencils on the street.