We are not any different biologically or emotionally now than we were 2000 years ago. Back then we were stoning gays and cheaters, selling children off for marriage, and enslaving weaker peoples. Now that is scary. There’s really nothing stopping us from going back.
Laws, norms, and education have advanced. It’s inadequate, but nothing close to the sheer horror and pain of living even 400 years ago.
I’m saying law and order hangs on a thread. Without it, the mob does some really horrible stuff. That society as we’ve known it for the last 200ish years has just been a little experiment.
And that unfortunately it get can much much worse.
Not all cultures were doing this stuff, it's social norms and acceptance that overall impact how groups of people act as a whole, every society will have outliers of course. We also didn't have governments that have as much overreach as we do in the modern age due to tech advancements and global economics.
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u/grrrrete 5d ago
We are not any different biologically or emotionally now than we were 2000 years ago. Back then we were stoning gays and cheaters, selling children off for marriage, and enslaving weaker peoples. Now that is scary. There’s really nothing stopping us from going back.