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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: koan who wrote (480301)9/29/2021 10:34:39 PM
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LOL- our founding fathers were racists and sexists. So were they idiots? Queen Elizabeth I spoke at least 6 languages and was very familiar with Ancient Greek and Latin- and the thoughts of the ancients. But she had people tortured and killed (quite a lot of people).

"Brighter" does not mean nicer or more humane. There were plenty of brilliant Nazis- that's why the US took so many Nazi scientists.

The "progress" of civilizations is a complex thing. I don't think anyone's really explained it adequately yet.
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