• Rolando@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    One side of my family was all farmers. I don’t know much about that life, but I believe the youngest girl would be raising those two babies (while cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, etc), and those two boys would be working the field with the mother.

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      22 days ago

      You don’t need to go back in time for that.

      Just go visit the Amish!

      From what I’ve learn (mainly from mainstream media) I respect their choice to maintain thier culture and lifestyle. Something to be said from having no rat race and living a simple life off of the land.