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> Britain was nearing its peak “no free charity” back then That particular peak is probably much older. Charity at a non-negligible scale to distant (meaning "
by concordDance 2y ago
> Britain was nearing its peak “no free charity” back then
That particular peak is probably much older. Charity at a non-negligible scale to distant (meaning "not literally in visual range") people has been very rare throughout history.
- masklinn 2y agoNope! I’m not going to claim it was great before, but Britain was actively regressing as the Whigs took control and followed the ideas of Malthus and Bentham. The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 (new poor law) was specifically design to check on and significantly downgrade the body of old poor law.