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Why do you say "these days"? Most of those things have existed for a long time.
by riffraff 8y ago
Why do you say "these days"? Most of those things have existed for a long time.
- anoncoward111 8y agoMaybe I'm wrong but the Internet, expanded government powers, cars, and frivolous litigation are definitely all things that occurred post-1914 aka after Woodrow Wilson's presidency roughly, when the executive branch began to expand massively and set a precedent for state and local governments to do the same. Our ancestors from the 1800s weren't harassed like this unless they were Puritans maybe
- riffraff 8y agowell, sure, but the article is about a drop of life expectancy in 2015, not since the 19th century.