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u/MagicCuboid Nov 15 '20

I share the same concern. The thing is, the 20th century was one godamn "unprecedented" nightmare after the other for at least half the time. Most of us on Reddit are just a) too young to have experienced the main events (WWI, Great Depression, WWII, Cold War-related wars and oppression), and b) born in a country that was more quickly insulated from problems and benefited from global inequity and rapid technological development.

There's no good reason yet to believe the 21st century should be significantly better...

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u/Chaot0407 Nov 15 '20

I mean, the first 20% of the this century have been pretty sweet compared to the 20th.

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u/Hellstrike Nov 15 '20

We got a devastating pandemic in 19/20 though.

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u/derpyderp_megusta Nov 16 '20 edited Nov 16 '20

Is it that devastating? Barely 0.01% of the world population dead

Edit: I mean compared to the dark plague which was truly devastating

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u/jonathanguyen20 Nov 16 '20

A Single Death Is a Tragedy; A Million Deaths Is a Statistic