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I wonder for what reasons our society will be judged barbaric by our descendants.
by bruceboughton 16y ago
I wonder for what reasons our society will be judged barbaric by our descendants.
- Shorel 16y agoIrak, the SUV vehicles, the bullying in schools, people parasiting the welfare system, the predatory banking practices, all those things seem barbaric to me.
- bruceboughton 16y agoIraq: seems short-sighted to me. We don't tend to judge past civilisations based on one war. SUVs: maybe, but I would say our continued reliance on oil in general rather than SUVs in particular. Bullying: could be. Parasites on the welfare system: not convinced. The fact we have a welfare system will be judged favourably I expect. Predatory banking practices: pass, not sure. It's hard to imagine what things it will be--their values may be very different from ours. I'd say oil reliance, over population, the gulf between the rich and the impoverished, but these things are all too obvious. I suspect we'd be surprised by what we're judged badly for.