I have not lost faith in humanity.
I think, as a species, we are maturing. It is important to look at a long timeline and not at individuals.
For example, up until just a couple hundred years ago, owning another human being was accepted, perhaps, worldwide. Is that the case now? Up until mere decades ago, women were not allowed to hold the same rights as men pretty much everywhere. That has changed and where it is not the case, those places are frequently looked down upon for it. How many countries had laws against homosexuality a hundred years ago compared to today? What do you suppose would happen if I walked down the street in New York or London or Johannesburg or Sidney in a coat made of baby seal pelts?
The pendulum swings. It’s certainly swinging in an ugly direction in the U.S right now, but I do not think that will last. History shows that things will shift again. The pendulum goes back and forth but it seems never to go back to the shitty side as far as it had in the past.
Are there places on the planet where things are still beyond fucked? Yes. But if you think it is as bad worldwide now as it was five hundred or a thousand years ago, I would say you’re wrong.
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