The comment that started it was my wife* who said that we are a better place than we have been ever. Her exact words were:
And then people started to fight about whether this is true.My wife is wrong wrote:
I like to think we're slowly improving. The number of Athenses (sp??) is up and the number of huns down, that kind of thing.
My point is that the world has neither gotten better or worse in the long run. Sure, we've had medical and scientific advances. But as war mongers and destroyers, we still haven't changed. For every Hun & Alexander the great, we've had shit like imperialism, Cold wars, Hitler and Hiroshima-Nagasaki.
We might have increased scientifically but it hasn't brought as any closer to being a peaceful world than before.
*I do love my wife but she is wrong in this argument.
Editted in disclaimer because I had to justify myself (for some odd reason)