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Finnish joke: German definition of ideal war = German weapons, Russian winter equipment, British summer equipment, American rations, French entertainment tournees, Italians as foes and Finns guarding flanks.

Railings being removed for a scrap metal drive in England, 1940.

The most famous of Bill Mauldin's cartoons that starred Willie and Joe:

Someone once did an economic analysis that While peasants were poor, the shirt on their back was worth $3500. That is because if you value the amount of labor that went into even the most basic items by the amount of hours invested it would be a significant portion of hours.

There is also a book out that compares the amount of labor (in hours worked) necessary to purchase light (light as in the bility to function at night, be it lightbulbs or candles). It was whacky, something like a week of work buying a few minutes ages ago to the 19th century when a week of work bought an hour or two. Then a huge leap into the 20th century when you start buying hours of light for hours of labor to finally buying a weeks worth of light with a few minutes of labor today.

Also without technology there is no way we could feed the 7ish billion people on the planet. Or be able to fight disease, let alone infections, cancer, etc.

200 an more years ago, life was brutal, sickly and short. That was the normal state for most people including royalty. A poor person in a western country today lives better than the upper class did just 100 years ago (transportation, healthcare, communication, safe and varied foods, etc.). Without technology we will go back to that... except we will first have to pass through a phase that somehow reduces the population to below 1 billion (via disease, war and starvation most likely).

So much of what is wrong with this game all wrapped up in one match.