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It may not be as good as it was 50 years ago, but there's a case to be made that it's nearly as good as it ever was prior to 1900.
by burke 10y ago
It may not be as good as it was 50 years ago, but there's a case to be made that it's nearly as good as it ever was prior to 1900.
- sbov 10y ago> It may not be as good as it was 50 years ago If you're a white male.
- zardo 10y agoWho wasn't sent to kill or be killed in South East Asia against your will.
- kr7 10y agoWomen's self-reported happiness has dropped over the last 50 years [1], so possibly add "women" too. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/opinion/26douthat.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/opinion/26douthat.html
- sjclemmy 10y agoIt's better in every way. Racism, sexism, apartheid, LGBT, corporal punishment...
- AWildDHHAppears 10y agoYes, and despite the best efforts of the Dali Lama, who favors "traditional roles" for women, and is opposed to same-sex marriage.
- eeeeeeeeeeeee 10y agoExactly. Most of the people I hear that try to make the case that it was better, even a few decades ago, are usually white and/or male.
- 18972345 10y agoIf you genuinely think these are the best markers for improvement in society, you must be an extremely lucky person. Having a job, having a job that doesn't completely suck, having enough money to move out of your parents house at the age of 30. These are things that people are facing today. In Australia, there are lots of people that are still living with their parents into their 30s because they simply can't afford rent or a mortgage. Racism and sexism and other terms are used more for political purposes these days then they are for anything of worth. Why didn't you mention the discrimination people with autism face, for example? Autism simply isn't a useful political tool because it doesn't get enough votes. Yet people with autism face more discrimination then the types you have listed. It is politics and nothing more.
- warlox 10y agoYou are obviously a white male. You have no credibility when it comes to denying discrimination. You have never been in danger of being fired or lynched for some intrinsic characteristic.
- hx87 10y agoWith few exceptions, human life is better in 2016 than in 1966.
- petra 10y agoI don't know. There was a study done recently among the Amish, who in many ways live like it's 1900. It found that they we're as happy as billionaires.
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- dredmorbius 10y agoI'm presuming that should read "that they were as...". My first interpretation was that you were Amish yourself.
- petra 10y agoyep.