I agree to some degree that the practices of the current Administration see pre-Enlightenment.

But economically and materially, the average person in this country is so far ahead of where he would have been int he dark ages, the comparison is ludicrous.

A person who works with his hands and tools, such as a cart mechanic, furniture maker, or the like, in the Dark Ages, was abysmally ignorant, constantly under threat of extreme hot or cold, death by arbitrary whim, terrified of dark forces, and economically barred from ownership. He had no plumbing, few clothes, no mattress, little furniture, no lamps or oil, and was lucky to have firewood or peat to burn, meat once a week and a coat to wear.

A person in the same status, economically, in this country, may live in a rented apartment; but he has a dozen outfits, electric lights, gas heating, a telephone which reaches around the world, a TV which can provide a huge spectrum of educational information and entertainment, a warm bed, decent shoes, and probably an automobile which outperforms the most luxurious noble's transport of the Dark Ages. He may be strapped down, economically, but he is not a slave, and not likely to have his head cut off for having a bad attitude.

Give me a break.


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