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and yet the largest improvements in life quality have occurred in the last century, when most of the great empires have fallen.
by riffraff 8y ago
and yet the largest improvements in life quality have occurred in the last century, when most of the great empires have fallen.
- remarkEon 8y agoAnd you attribute this fact entirely - as in 100% - to the fall of Empires, and not the technological advancements that happened in parallel? I find it strikingly hard to believe that democracy, which is what I assume you’re referring to, is the actual imperative that caused this. If we had managed to avoid WWI it’s really difficult to imagine that we’d still be using a horse drawn buggy and a typewriter.
- gph 8y agoEh? Does the sun ever set on American military bases?