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by franciscop 1612 days ago
Something conveniently ignored is that the maid probably had the room, food and basic necessities included in the deal (and possibly the nurse?). It's absolutely not the same paying X for all expenses vs paying X PLUS all expenses.

We like to demonize the past, and sure it was rough but let's not try to make it look even worse than it was.