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I don't know, life before the industrial revolution was pretty shit for regular people too.
I'd rather not have to worry about my family (and friends) starving to death during the next famine. 40-60% of children in medival europe died before adulthood. I can't even imagine the psychological suffering caused by this alone. Then there was frequent war and disease outbreaks, basically no healthcare, and so on...
I'm not saying that everything's great nowadays, we urgently need to fix many issues. But many things were way, way worse before modern civilization.
lol you're arguing with the unabombers manifesto btw
Damn it