[Brybry]

A little over 100 years ago women were only 20% of the labor force. [1] Which is to say, most women did not participate in wage employment.

Now they're ~47%. Which is great! But it also hints that society doesn't need most of the labor for the system to still function.

[1] https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/about/history

[pjc50]

Rather like subsistence farming, everyone got out of housework as soon as possible and into a far less onerous office.

[xboxnolifes]

People didn't get out of housework. They're doing housework and office work.

[foldr]

Housework isn’t as onerous now as it was 100 years ago, though.

[johsole]

if I could retire, raise my kids and homeschool them, and do housework instead I would in a second. Nothing is more interesting, more fulfilling, and more challenging then raising the next generation.

[dukeyukey]

"Work" does not exclusively mean "work full time for a wage".

[blueflow]

yeah but carrying and raising kids?