Capitalism does not have to be that bad
2023-09-26 12:50 It is worth noting that no other Western country had chattel slavery as late as the US.  The European ones either never had large scale chattel slavery or had it replaced by serfdom centuries earlier.
Heritage of slavery
2023-09-24 19:35 Chattel slavery was abolished in the US in 1865.  This might sound long ago but has significant influence on current American society.  When early socialists presented the idea of conflicting goals chattel slavery was still widespread.
Unwarranted assumptions of sameness
2023-09-16 16:29 The ideas listed below have actually been used as arguments for Creationism, particularly Young Earth Creationism.  The trouble is they are formulated as if everyone’s mind could be presupposed to work essentially like one’s own.
The sameness myth
2023-09-14 11:25 When one’s own mental characteristics are as treated as universal.  Everyone can occasionally commit this error.  When I once did this error and got it pointed out to me, I accepted my error it immediately.
People appearing as live anachronisms
2023-09-13 12:07 What I am talking about are Christian Fundamentalists, particularly in the US.  These are expressing views of and attitudes towards their fellow beings so outdated, their newest ideas seem to be 19th century.
Progress is possible
2023-07-14 13:09 The countries I see as Western are mostly found in Europe.
How things got worse for some during industrialisation
2023-07-07 12:54 I have previously explained the upbringing conditions applying to many agrarian state societies.  One would think it got better when the Western world started to industrialize.  Certainly, the average started to rise.
Seeds of progress
2023-07-05 13:05 Apart from its peninsula and island rich coast Europe also has an unusually fractured terrain.  This makes it virtually impossible to politically unify this part of the world.
Rare exceptions
2023-06-16 12:39 Not all agrarian state societies only had home-schooling and monastic orders.  Some had education of groups which did not just consist of siblings.
The unawareness of the upper class
2023-06-15 12:34 Ancient ideas of what is best for everyone have often been thought out by people in positions of power.  These did not have to use their children as manpower from a far too early age.