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For the vast majority of history including the 20th century, almost nobody went to college. Takes about how everyone used to have free XYZ are usually ahistori
by whimsicalism 2y ago
For the vast majority of history including the 20th century, almost nobody went to college.
Takes about how everyone used to have free XYZ are usually ahistorical at best.
- bee_rider 2y agoWe shouldn’t try to replicate the experience of people in the vast majority of history. We should try to replicate the experience of the in-group of the US from like 1950-2000. The quality of life for the in-group during the era was anomalously high, and also the US of that were was an incredibly effective country.
- whimsicalism 2y agoYes, we should try to bring up everyone to the highest standard of living possible. I just have no patience for suggestions that for most people that standard of living was higher in the past and we simply need to return to it. It's false, ahistorical nostalgia for the past. A well known psychological effect that distorts peoples understanding of how much the past actually sucked in reality. People watching shows like Bridgerton always imagine they would be among the nobility.
- bee_rider 2y agoI definitely agree there, the past is quite bad for most people in most places in most times, compared to now.