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Rule (Penance 14/100) (midwest.social)

submitted 9 months ago by roadsidewildflower@midwest.social to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] DarthFrodo@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in "advanced" countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering

I don't know, life before the industrial revolution was pretty shit for regular people too.

I'd rather not have to worry about my family (and friends) starving to death during the next famine. 40-60% of children in medival europe died before adulthood. I can't even imagine the psychological suffering caused by this alone. Then there was frequent war and disease outbreaks, basically no healthcare, and so on...

I'm not saying that everything's great nowadays, we urgently need to fix many issues. But many things were way, way worse before modern civilization.

[–] roadsidewildflower@midwest.social 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

lol you're arguing with the unabombers manifesto btw

[–] DarthFrodo@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Damn it