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Are we modern humans, across the board, enormous wussies compared to people, say, 150+ years ago? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Considering things like modern medicine not being available, infant and child mortality, the gruesome nature of most work back then... would a "standard" commoner from back then laugh at how 'soft' our world has become from their point of view?

What can we infer from people's mindsets and resilience back then vs now, and do you think we're on the verge of a return to these conditions?

I think techno-feudalism has the capacity to be much more brutal than any old time machiavellan clown. The way our minds are deliberately manipulated by algorithms nowadays are much more subtle and insidious than anything the tyrants of yesteryear could've dreamt up, while at the same time convincing people they have it better than ever.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

would a "standard" commoner from back then laugh at how 'soft' our world has become from their point of view?

No, they'd either want the same or they'd think we're evil magicians and want to burn us at the stake. Who tf wants more infant mortality (except for US Republicans and their ilk).

"Ah yes, dying in childbirth really builds character!"

"Contracting polio really put hair on my son's chest and made him into the man he is today!"

"I'm so glad I can look forward to a life of hard physical labor and and death at 40. Not like those future weaklings who might survive into their 70s and beyond."

"Oh, boy. Chattel slavery has been great for us. The family that picks cotton together, sticks together ... until our owners decide to sell us off."

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

There are people who sound just like this 😅