I would have to say the world was a better place in the 20’s, 30’s, 40’s and 50’s….
Except the toilet comfort and medical science advancement.
I'm not a huge fan of our future...for it doesn't look too pleasant for anyone.
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Maybe I’m just old school raised with the general principals of the once common gentleman.
I'm surprised, you call yourself "raised with the general principals of the once common gentleman" but seems to gave up the future so soon.
Me, raised in very discipline, typical medieval era Dutch Catholic monastery and school, I still think we are still too young to judge. And if you believe in science, we're only just 60,000 years roaming this earth, while other creatures that has ceased to extinction roamed for more than 100 million of years. To think that we gave up too much to "doomsday", "end of humanity", yada-yada-yada...ranting, complaining, etc etc, it makes us look sillier than the ultimate creature, cockroaches.
This month's edition of National Geographic magazine Indonesia, shows an old picture of French WW1 veteran, he lost his right limb. But he still have his dignity and respect, because the Frenchies never forgot who fought and gave their lives for their freedom and their land. So this man got a special job created by the government. The message of the photo itself says "Disaster will strike if people have forgotten how this men get their wounds and lose their limbs."