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Of course there's been a time in history where so many people have been working so much for so little. Plantation owners used to work their slaves from dawn ti
by abduhl 12y ago
Of course there's been a time in history where so many people have been working so much for so little. Plantation owners used to work their slaves from dawn till dusk for nothing. Farmers used to work the land from sun up to sun down just to feed their family. What a ridiculous question.
Why do so many people think that times have never been so bad when, in all honesty, times have never been so good?
- harryh 12y agoBecause we used to live in the garden of eden where everything was perfect, but then we sinned against god and if we don't repent we're all going to hell. I'm joking a little but I'm also serious. I kind of think that humans are somewhat hardwired to think this way given that so many people believe some version of this story.
- icebraining 12y agoBecause the specific subset of people who post in these forums, mostly middle-class North Americans and Europeans, are worse off than a couple of decades ago - coupled with the fact that the type of jobs that are lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty make us feel dirty and self-righteous.
- frandroid 12y agoWorldwide, there are more people in slavery today than there was when slavery was legal. Plus all kinds of manufacturing quasi-slavery in south and south-east asia with crazy hours.