I am shocked at how many people think we are getting worse... what a bunch of pessimists! We certainly aren't getting better in my opinion, but looking at what human beings used to do to each other, how could we get worse? A lot of posters have listed superficial things like technology, government systems, etc, to make the case that we are better or worse now than at some indefinite point in the past... I am unaware of how these things indicate the human condition, would someone please explain? Technology indicates wealth (so some people can sit around researching and inventing) and a stable government, so the entrepreneur can make money off his brain. And Capitalism? Wtf does that have to do with anything? It's a system, it isn't evil anymore than Communism is evil; what's evil is the people in the system, which is why Capitalism and dictatorships (the prime form of government throughout history) always get fucked up, and why Communism as Marx described it has never yet existed.
Do you think mankind is getting better or worse?
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I am shocked at how many people think we are getting worse... what a bunch of pessimists! We certainly aren't getting better in my opinion, but looking at what human beings used to do to each other, how could we get worse? A lot of posters have listed superficial things like technology, government systems, etc, to make the case that we are better or worse now than at some indefinite point in the past... I am unaware of how these things indicate the human condition, would someone please explain? Technology indicates wealth (so some people can sit around researching and inventing) and a stable government, so the entrepreneur can make money off his brain. And Capitalism? Wtf does that have to do with anything? It's a system, it isn't evil anymore than Communism is evil; what's evil is the people in the system, which is why Capitalism and dictatorships (the prime form of government throughout history) always get fucked up, and why Communism as Marx described it has never yet existed.