You're right that necessity shaped the practice, but that doesn't negate the emotional weight people still assign to handwritten letters today—because even if some wrote out of obligation, others wrote with genuine care, and that's what makes the tradition meaningful.
You're conflating effort with emotion—people put in the work because they had to, not because they cared more.
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You're right that necessity played a role, but the fact that people still choose to write letters today—despite the ease of email—suggests that the emotional weight wasn't just about obligation.