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Originally Posted by Sándor Petőfi
How did you come to the conclusion that quality of life in say, Germany, is higher today than it was, say, four thousand years ago?
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Uh , the fact that you will live past 40 . Of your 19 children , more than 2 will reach adulthood. That your over 30 and have more than 4 teeth in your head.
The last time your were stalked by a leopard or bear , was ? When the harvest failed and hunting wasn't good , your neighbors saw you as a viable food source . That lush forest you described looks much different with 2 meters of snow and a howling wind at 20 below zero . Your first 4 wives died in childbirth while still in their teens . If you want another one , you will have to raid the next tribe for a preteen girl , if they don't kill you . That is if the 'head man' of your tribe didn't decide there were too many males in the tribe already and had you castrated or killed before puberty . If your starving parents hadn't abandon you as an infant in the forest because there wasn't any food .
You're living in a Rousseauian daydream .
Sounds groovy , you have first booking on the time machine .