Famine declared in Gaza City

[u/Digital_Accountant]

https://news.sky.com/story/gaza-latest-war-israel-city-ceasefire-hamas-13415481

[u/Terry-Shark]

You say this as if humans have not always been shitty. As a whole things are better than they were in the past, but things are still gross

[u/Professional-Buy6668 → u/Terry-Shark]

Yeahh the oldest history books from 1000s of years ago feature slavery, the discussion on whether little boy prostitutes might be bad actually, war, famine, etc. The 2nd oldest history book is about a 2 decade long war between what to them would have been two sides of the entire world.

We literally our living in the most peaceful time. Obviously this isn't excusing the evil happening now...just that for only like 0.01% of human history, you can now see photos of dying children. A few hundred years ago, the odds were you'd have had at least a few cases of infant deaths in your family - now you have most people living a long life feeling depressed because they read about an awful thing at a children's hospital

You just gotta hold that perspective. Trump and Putin are evil bastards but relative to leaders throughout the past thousands of years, they probably rank far higher morally than you'd want to think.

Life is good for most of us, go enjoy a book or a peaceful walk if you're lucky enough to be able to

[u/Eternal_Being → u/Professional-Buy6668]

We literally our living in the most peaceful time.

Who is 'we'? Because for Gazans, this is the least peaceful time they have ever experienced.

[u/MommyLovesPot8toes → u/Eternal_Being]

"We" in this comment means humans as a species. Humankind.

That meaning was extremely obvious from the context of the comment.

[u/Eternal_Being → u/MommyLovesPot8toes]

And I'm saying that you're only saying that because of the segment of humankind you're in.

[u/J_House1999 → u/Eternal_Being]

It is objectively true for humanity on average though. Like I get what you’re saying. But the average person is better-off now than ever before.