Hey Chuck, Yes I can agree that the world is a hell of a lot better than it was a thousand years ago, although this of course must remain a guess or at least a belife yes?
The question though was one about humanities movements. We still suffer anger and jelousy, you I gather are a citizen of the USA? Where gun ownership is active, and why is that so if as you say 'The US population is greater than the entire world population in 1 AD and yet we live peacefully under a single set of laws' If this was true then each American citersen would simply give up their guns, as there would be no need for them and no fear to keep them. The fear is still there. Have we even taken some steps backward? When older people say tings like 'ohhh yeah we used to be able to keep our front doors unlocked' are they lying to us, or did they really feel safe enough with their naigbours to do exaclty that? Nope we may have made siome forwards movement, but naaa not really, we as a species have not changed that much at all. Ohh yeah we have become more inteleghent, or is that even true? On Apr 9, 4:06 am, Chuck <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 30, 4:00 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I would guess we are staying roughtly in the same place. > > > We still have war, we still have despots clinging to power we still > > have shady democracy and the haves and have nots. We have patriotism, > > we have religious strife, we have those that are oppresed and those > > that oppress. No we have not moved far at all in the millenia that > > our species ceased to crawl on four legs. > > I disagree. The human population in 1 AD was estimated at between 200 > and 300 million people. The current world population is 20 to 30 times > that and yet there are far fewer turf wars between nations and tribes. > > There is a loose international consensus and cooperation between > developed nations on global issues. > > The US population is greater than the entire world population in 1 AD > and yet we live peacefully under a single set of laws. The same goes > for Europe, China, most of Asia and the continents in the southern > hemisphere. > > It's true that there is still conflict in the world but it's mostly > from third world countries where resources are strained and when it > gets too bloody either the US or the UN will step in to mediate. > > The world isn't perfect but it's a hell of a lot better than it was a > thousand years ago.
