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If you’re making sweeping statements like that, why the arbitrary distinction at 300 years? What happened then? Why not say “since the dawn of humanity”?
by gyomu 2y ago
If you’re making sweeping statements like that, why the arbitrary distinction at 300 years? What happened then? Why not say “since the dawn of humanity”?
- lucky1759 2y agoIt's not some arbitrary distinction from 300 years ago, it's something called "the Enlightenment".
- gyomu 2y agoThe bullies with most guns and biggest economies have been in charge since the Enlightenment? Huh?
- kabouseng 2y agoProbably referring to the period that pax Britannia and pax Americana have been the global hegemon.
- swarnie 2y agoI was keeping it simple for the majority.