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There was war, though, whenever two roving bands of hunter gatherers competed over resources or superstitions. Not only that, but infant fatality rates were very high, simple diseases and injuries could lead to death, and education was basically nonexistent (beyond basic language and skills of necessity).
I get what you're saying, in fact I'm probably going to be on your side more than most people even here on TFP, but you have to try and remain objective. Things weren't perfect before the dawn of civilization. Many things were much more difficult. Our goal, as members of this civilization, should be to seek paradise, that place where we get the best of everything. We cannot simply deny tens of thousands of years of scientific, technological, and societal progress (and many of it is positive or constructive progress). We should seek to integrate the positive, constructive, and progressive from all our past and present.
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