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Claiming that because Magna Carta missed out a huge number of people it started the declines we see today makes the spectacularly false assumption that the worl
by etothepii 5y ago
Claiming that because Magna Carta missed out a huge number of people it started the declines we see today makes the spectacularly false assumption that the world today is on a downward trajectory.
I suspect the only group on a truly downward trajectory at the moment are monied elites who used to be able to guarantee their male progeny success via licensure and the female heirs success through marriage.
I suspect it was documents such as Magna Carta that set us off on the path of progress. We aren't there yet, but the world is getting better on almost every metric.
- cycomanic 5y agoWhat evidence do you have that the world today is on a downward trajectory is spectacularly false? Apart from the fact that most climate scientists agree that we are etching closer and closer to a tipping point which will render significant portions of the planet uninhabitable and likely cause considerable conflict for resources, there is also the fact that there are large numbers of people are living in conditions akin to slavery and under despotic and tyranic governments. Those numbers have been increasing over the last decades. So why are we really getting better?
- noselasd 5y agoClimate change aside, more and more of the natural world, and the species that inhabited it are dissapering every day - I certainly call that a downward spiral