"historically people had servants" incorrect. historically people WERE servants, and many of us still are.
I feel like people try to explain how [historical figure] had all the time to do so many Great Accomplishments and thus go "it's because they had servants". Which is true. But then leave it at that rather than continue on to the more important point that the servants actually often were as tired and overworked and unable to have time for themselves as so many of us are. "People lived this way because they had servants" okay and how were the SERVANTS living???
I also think it's important to realize this isn't just a thing in the past.
I was once tutoring a kid and realized I was one of 8 people in the house who was "help." Me, two nannies (for 5 kids), 2 housekeepers, and 3 workers doing yard work. We were all, for lack of a better word, contracted, but we were filling all those roles just the same.
And I HOPE all 8 of us were legally employed, but there is a massive human trafficking issue amount house keeping, yard work, etc. From underpaying immigrant to straight up slavery, it is not something that is gone in our world. The US is not except in anyway from that.
