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I think you're failing to look on the bright side. This little exchange represents a lot of progress. If you want a good idea of what powerful rulers used to d
by mechanical_fish 18y ago
I think you're failing to look on the bright side. This little exchange represents a lot of progress.
If you want a good idea of what powerful rulers used to do to people who said things they didn't like, google "Giordano Bruno". Or, for an international perspective, ask a 60-year-old Russian, or a 40-year-old Cambodian, or a contemporary Tibetan.
Note, though, that I'm not saying our society couldn't use a lot of improvement on the corruption front.
- stcredzero 18y agoSo our society isn't less corrupt than it used to be. It's just that the overlords have realized that they can be a little subtler and not have to hack/burn/behead/hang/shoot people to subjugate and control them. Yes, there's progress, but I think we can still complain.
- shard 18y agoUnfortunately, in human society, the source of corruption is humans.
- stcredzero 18y agoI've always said those things should be outlawed!