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Old 05-31-2008, 05:14 PM   #1518
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Maybe this will gin up some conversation:

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Originally posted by Spanky
? - Yes there was history before 1900 but there was not country on the planet before 1900 whose GDP per capita was even close to the per capita GDP of any of the first world countries of today.

Also before 1900, unsurprisingly, there weren't that many democracies.

Are you telling me there is no connection between prosperity, democracy and a respect for humann rights?
I am saying you are diving moral truth from a shockingly short period of human history.
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