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Why does it seem like people became "kinder" starting around the 1700s?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1olmklw/why_...
apoplectic senate stain
  11/01/25
As ppl live in closer quarter to each other there is a femin...
ebony brethren school
  11/01/25
https://www.americanscientist.org/article/gracilization-of-t...
outnumbered rigor black woman
  11/01/25
begging the question but nietszche covered this in the geneo...
amethyst keepsake machete
  11/01/25
Good post. I only poasted OP bc everything got deleted lmao
apoplectic senate stain
  11/01/25
cr, and much later foucault would hammer home the same point...
self-absorbed mood
  11/01/25
foucault liked to hammer a lot of things
amethyst keepsake machete
  11/01/25
yeah it sounds like he was an awful guy
self-absorbed mood
  11/01/25
almost every philosopher ever was kind of terrible in their ...
amethyst keepsake machete
  11/01/25
cr, or "what is the basis for morality and is it real&q...
self-absorbed mood
  11/01/25
ljl at ethicists, idk how you could do that for a lifetime a...
amethyst keepsake machete
  11/01/25
My answer would be "Martin Luther". I'm curious...
Cracking place of business internal respiration
  11/02/25
uhhhh, Martin Luther led directly to the most horrific war i...
amethyst keepsake machete
  11/02/25
100 years later lmao. this is such BS that libs pull out of ...
apoplectic senate stain
  11/02/25
The Enlightenment
flushed potus
  11/02/25


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Date: November 1st, 2025 10:17 PM
Author: apoplectic senate stain

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1olmklw/why_does_it_seem_like_people_became_kinder/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2/en-en/#49394039)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: ebony brethren school

As ppl live in closer quarter to each other there is a feminization process and heads get smaller etc.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2/en-en/#49394041)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 10:21 PM
Author: outnumbered rigor black woman

https://www.americanscientist.org/article/gracilization-of-the-modern-human-skeleton

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2/en-en/#49394045)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 10:37 PM
Author: amethyst keepsake machete

begging the question but nietszche covered this in the geneology of morals, robust secure societies can afford to let a lot of stuff slide, the slight reduction in cruelty is about the absolute certainty and control that comes from having the power to enact cruelty against any individual at any time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2/en-en/#49394071)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:05 PM
Author: apoplectic senate stain

Good post. I only poasted OP bc everything got deleted lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2/en-en/#49394115)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:12 PM
Author: self-absorbed mood

cr, and much later foucault would hammer home the same point repeatedly also

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2/en-en/#49394125)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:40 PM
Author: amethyst keepsake machete

foucault liked to hammer a lot of things

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2/en-en/#49394214)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: self-absorbed mood

yeah it sounds like he was an awful guy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2/en-en/#49394233)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:47 PM
Author: amethyst keepsake machete

almost every philosopher ever was kind of terrible in their own way, it is a curse I think, well adjusted people don't think about these things in the first place because it is mentally destructive and they certainly don't consider them for years to write a treatise on the issue, which always boils down to "how fucked are we and how meaningless is this really?"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2/en-en/#49394245)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:54 PM
Author: self-absorbed mood

cr, or "what is the basis for morality and is it real"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2/en-en/#49394270)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:57 PM
Author: amethyst keepsake machete

ljl at ethicists, idk how you could do that for a lifetime and not see at some point that it is complete flame and people do as they will and you can't do a goddam thing about it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2/en-en/#49394281)



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Date: November 2nd, 2025 1:16 AM
Author: Cracking place of business internal respiration

My answer would be "Martin Luther".

I'm curious as to what happened in that thread. I'm guessing a number of other people mentioned the Reformation too. Reddit jannies hate the idea that religion ever accomplishes anything good so they nuke the whole thread claiming it's somehow not scholarly enough even though it's fairly obvious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2/en-en/#49394523)



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Date: November 2nd, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: amethyst keepsake machete

uhhhh, Martin Luther led directly to the most horrific war in human history up until that point

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2/en-en/#49395881)



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Date: November 2nd, 2025 4:42 PM
Author: apoplectic senate stain

100 years later lmao. this is such BS that libs pull out of their asses. No war has ever been fought over "religion" because clergy and kings don't even believe in god. Only nuns and old people believe in god irl.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2/en-en/#49395923)



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Date: November 2nd, 2025 4:46 PM
Author: flushed potus

The Enlightenment

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2/en-en/#49395929)