Having most of the year off for festivals and holy days

Good news: take up subsistence farming, no healthcare, no electricity, and make everything yourself, and you too can have half the year “off”.

Don’t threaten me with a good time

I mean the reality was that the time “off” was spent farming their own land, taking care of animals, fixing the house and doing the insane number of household tasks that come with premodern living. Spend a few days just cooking in a medieval style, and you’ll quickly realize it’s a LOT of work.

Meh,

• They had horrible healthcare they couldn’t afford and WE have horrible healthcare we can’t afford
• They spent a lot of time at festivals and with their communities helping each other and WE spend a lot of time chatting on our phones, but mostly playing games.
• They spent a lot of time outdoors doing a lot of work but keeping active, and we can sometimes go for hikes or walks, but we’re Americans, we as a whole, don’t.
• They knew how an could fix things around the farm, we can watch youtube videos unless it’s electronic or DRM.
• They had witch hunts and misinformation and WE have witch hunts and misinformation.
• All of the food they grew was organic but they had to grow it themselves and we have to pay an arm and a leg for non-poisoned food.
• They spent all day working for the king and we spend all day working for billionaires.
• They have poor starving people during famines, we have a too big percentage of poor starving people (13% of US population was food insecure during 2023).
• They had xenophobia and WE have xenophobia.