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By so many metrics our lives are incredible compared to every other period of human history. Of course it's not perfect, there's always room to improve, but the
by Pigo 7y ago
By so many metrics our lives are incredible compared to every other period of human history. Of course it's not perfect, there's always room to improve, but there's a stark contrast between how things actually are and how many perceive it to be.
Very few problems are as unambiguous as slavery. A lot of our problems are much more nuanced.
- humanrebar 7y agoSlavery is unambiguous in retrospect. I find the mental gymnastics of the slaveholders to be fascinating and disturbing. The most barbaric things we do now are probably closely guarded by people as legitimate traditions or rights.