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0 pointsharryh13y ago0 comments

Which dying men are we talking about? The ones that owned slaves or just the ones that made sure the black guys could only leave through the door to the alley?

Look, I'm not saying that there's not a lock of fucked up in the world. There surely is, and some of the bank stuff is probably a part of it. But if you step back a bit and consider the big picture things really do appear to be moving in the right direction overall.

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msandford13y ago· 2 in thread

I would disagree with the idea that things are moving in the right direction overall, but I get that you think so. I don't even think you're totally wrong or crazy, I just disagree.

Agreed slavery was non-ideal but there were a lot of white guys that died during the Revolutionary war.

harryhOP13y ago

Look at some of the big picture statistics for worldwide poverty, health, lifespans, violence, freedom, corruption, etc. Nearly all of them are moving in a positive direction, in some cases dramatically so.

To me the only really worrying long term trend is environmental impact. We might be consuming our planets resources at an unsustainable rate.

genwin13y ago

Might be? How much more evidence would be needed? The planet can probably sustain less than a billion people long term at a first-world standard of living.

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