Millennials with college degrees don’t favor censorship

[Galen]

(05-09-2017, 11:40 AM)The Wonkette Wrote:

(05-09-2017, 10:06 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(05-09-2017, 03:44 AM)Galen Wrote: You do realize that life in the nineteenth century was far better than that in earlier eras...

Better for some, bad to crushing for others.  As usual, the powerful did extremely well and those who served the powerful did OK.  The rest were either living on the frontier or being beaten down on a regular basis.  Most of the frontier dwellers were homesteaders, with very high failure rates and early deaths, or the few success stories.  Not a brilliant story, but better than earlier periods.  Also, not a model for modernity.

Even for the rich and well-connected, the 19th century medical tool set had definite drawbacks.  Compare two assassination attempts, 100 years apart, James Garfield versus Ronald Reagan.  Although Garfield's injury was far less serious, he eventually succumbed to it because of the limits of medical treatment in 1881; Reagan came close to death but with late 20th century technology, fully recovered and served out the remaining 7 years 10 months of his term, living ultimately to the ripe age of 94.

The two of you are missing the point as usual.  The general rise in living standards of the nineteenth-century that lasted well into the twentieth century was a consequence of laisse-faire economics.  Now that we have pretty much had crony capitalism, a consequence of bitg government, for about the last thirty years it seems that living standards are decreasing.  You might want to spend some time contemplating the economic freedom index and the effects of the loss of economic freedom.