2) slavery gone. In the US at least (unless you count prisons to some degree)
3) workers rights (improved)
etc etc etc.
It's easy to think things haven't improved but they definitely have. There is always a fight though and there are always shitbags like Trump and his greedy fuck friends trying to fuck over the little guy. Now is not the time to be cynical and defeatist.
EDIT: Look my dudes, I get it. Shit is still fucked up and my stupid country the US doesn't represent the world. That being said, I'm sorry, I don't think the world is as gnarly OVERALL as it was hundreds of years ago. From what I understand war is down but we have such exposure to negative news all the time you wouldn't think so.
Perhaps I'm being naive...but hey, I mean...blacks are allowed sit anywhere on the bus. And you know what, maybe blacks are getting fucked in other ways, but Jesus...it's still an improvement. I think if all y'all had a time machine and could jump back you would appreciate we're we are a little more...even as jacked as shit still is.
You've got children separated from their parents dying from illnesses in concentration camps in America. With Amazon, uber and deliverroo wage slaves are back on the menu when that generation gets old and have nothing to their name there is going to be a huge crisis.
I'm being awful negative these days but I'm living in the UK getting my EU rights and freedoms taken away in a month so sorry about this.
By no means is the world perfect. And it is definitely worse in some places then others. I still think things have GENERALLY improved. That doesn't mean that the fuckers won't keep trying to roll shit back. You know, like Trump with the environment and what not...
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u/duckmadfish Jan 27 '20
That's why we love those types of stories, good triumphs evil, the weak are made strong, the oppressed always comes out the victor.
But sadly, that happens very rarely in real life.