RE: The Middle Ages Was the Best We Ever Had
October 7, 2011 at 1:39 pm
(This post was last modified: October 7, 2011 at 1:52 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
No one ever fantasizes about that grand moment in history where their ancestors civilizations were utterly crushed, do they..lol. Everyone's family line traces back to someone important. I guess no one is descended from the guy who cleans up horse shit.
(You're still better off now than you would have been then. The things that plague us the worst are not affected by social strata.)
Let's do a little thought experiment. Let's say that tomorrow morning you could wake up in a future that mirrors the past in culture and technology. Now we're not going back in time here, so your families social status then has no bearing now. Lines would need to be redrawn. Is this the sort of utopia you're expressing a longing for? We haven't piggybacked any modern conveniences in as an unsaid arrangement have we? There's a reason that the culture you're longing for is dead.
Personally, my family lost any knowledge of the specifics of their origins a long ways back when the less lawful among us decided to assume a name. We've been a part of the "American Thing" since the beginning. Still, I wouldn't trade places with any one of my ancestors, because even though they led "good lives" for the time, they were still completely inferior to the life I can lead in the here and now.
(You're still better off now than you would have been then. The things that plague us the worst are not affected by social strata.)
Let's do a little thought experiment. Let's say that tomorrow morning you could wake up in a future that mirrors the past in culture and technology. Now we're not going back in time here, so your families social status then has no bearing now. Lines would need to be redrawn. Is this the sort of utopia you're expressing a longing for? We haven't piggybacked any modern conveniences in as an unsaid arrangement have we? There's a reason that the culture you're longing for is dead.
Personally, my family lost any knowledge of the specifics of their origins a long ways back when the less lawful among us decided to assume a name. We've been a part of the "American Thing" since the beginning. Still, I wouldn't trade places with any one of my ancestors, because even though they led "good lives" for the time, they were still completely inferior to the life I can lead in the here and now.
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