for a lot of human history, people had access to decent food, tight communities (= no need for paid childcare), simple homes.
Rich" depends very much on what you're measuring.
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Indeed. People’s standards go up, and new technologies don’t have prices in the past. How much did it cost to fly to Paris in 1950? How much did it cost to talk to your friends or family across the country in 1980? How much did drugs cost I the 50s that weren’t invented until 2000?