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[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Not quite true, I think. Thanks to education, literacy, better nutrition, we have been nearing the level where the old ways are nowheres -nearly- as crude, unthinking and hurtful as they were for 5900 of those years. All the scamming has been laid out for everyone to see. And now, we get to choose.

You believe at about 1925 we shifted from "crude, unthinking, and hurtful" old ways and have made substantial progress in the last 100 years away from excessive resource consumption, constant war, and constant injustice for the majority of people living in the world today?

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

'1925 we shifted' ... no, Over the century that followed, yes, to a great extent. While our handlers have continued in their ways, much of the great mass of humanity has moved (and history shows it, if you're familiar with it all) into a much better place. Tens of millions died across Europe in the '20-40s ... not repeated since WW2 and the A-bomb. The current admin notwithstanding, *humanity itself has shifted away from the bastards ... and they know it ... and they'll soon (not soon enough) be dead.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 points 13 hours ago

That is because technology, not because people are better than they were 2000 years ago.

Who are "our handlers"?