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> not so great in others I'm curious what you think is worse in the West now than it was a century ago.
by codebolt 5y ago
> not so great in others
I'm curious what you think is worse in the West now than it was a century ago.
- AQuantized 5y agoCommunity
- lotsofpulp 5y agoThe glue for all communities is need. The less you need others, the less you need to compromise for others. It is a double edged sword though, on one hand you want the resiliency and security a tribe provides in order to make the gamble that can lead you to succeed, but on the other hand, individuals always have a goal of freedom and power for themselves so if they succeed they will no longer need the tribe (or at least as much), and hence there is no longer incentive to compromise for it.
- badestrand 5y agoPhysical health probably. Seems like until 100 years ago it was a lot of work to get obese while today it kind of happens if you don't watch out.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoIt was a lot of work to not suffer long term effects of common infections too, or even second hand smoke. Or more directly, malnutrition and hunger.
- FranzFerdiNaN 5y agoThe climate.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoI am under the impression that smog and pollution were a big problem for urban areas.
- SyzygistSix 5y agoEnvironmental devastation, at least in terms of footprint, is far worse, both in terms of space and noise. Water and processes are cleaner though. The weather is just fucked.
- mgkimsal 5y agoI was primarily thinking of environment when I wrote that comment, but I think there's probably some other things that are, in some ways, worse.
- hollerith 5y agoCrime is significantly higher. Deaths from alcoholism and drug addiction are vastly higher.
- iso1210 5y agoIs crime higher, or is it that crime is reported more?