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kevnmartin t1_itvz4os wrote

I often wonder about the blind man in the movie version of Frankenstein. He lives in a snug cabin, with plenty of firewood. He has bread and cheese and soup to eat. He has tobacco to smoke and wine to drink. He seems pretty comfortable to me. Someone had to be bringing him those things yet he claims to be completely alone.

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p_romer OP t1_itw5hud wrote

Today that would be categorised as glamping or minimal living in some trendy lifestyle magazine.

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jefrye t1_itxc7hp wrote

....no, their lifestyle would be seen as one of poverty. They live a life of manual labor in a tiny house with no internet, television, or phone service. The blind father basically is able to do nothing but sit around the house all day.

People love to romanticize the past. In reality, most people living in a developed country in modern times (even those who are low-income) live with luxuries that are far beyond what could have even been imagined by the wealthiest people a few centuries ago.

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