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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_...
Pea-brained olive locale
  11/01/25
As ppl live in closer quarter to each other there is a femin...
Mewling menage toilet seat
  11/01/25
https://www.americanscientist.org/article/gracilization-of-t...
bull headed dark stead hairy legs
  11/01/25
begging the question but nietszche covered this in the geneo...
Razzle-dazzle Feces
  11/01/25
Good post. I only poasted OP bc everything got deleted lmao
Pea-brained olive locale
  11/01/25
cr, and much later foucault would hammer home the same point...
drab ratface candlestick maker
  11/01/25
foucault liked to hammer a lot of things
Razzle-dazzle Feces
  11/01/25
yeah it sounds like he was an awful guy
drab ratface candlestick maker
  11/01/25
almost every philosopher ever was kind of terrible in their ...
Razzle-dazzle Feces
  11/01/25
cr, or "what is the basis for morality and is it real&q...
drab ratface candlestick maker
  11/01/25
ljl at ethicists, idk how you could do that for a lifetime a...
Razzle-dazzle Feces
  11/01/25
My answer would be "Martin Luther". I'm curious...
fragrant stag film love of her life
  11/02/25
uhhhh, Martin Luther led directly to the most horrific war i...
Razzle-dazzle Feces
  11/02/25
100 years later lmao. this is such BS that libs pull out of ...
Pea-brained olive locale
  11/02/25
The Enlightenment
Aphrodisiac Red Space
  11/02/25


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Date: November 1st, 2025 10:17 PM
Author: Pea-brained olive locale

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/#49394039)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Mewling menage toilet seat

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/#49394041)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 10:21 PM
Author: bull headed dark stead hairy legs

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

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



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Date: November 1st, 2025 10:37 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Feces

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/#49394071)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:05 PM
Author: Pea-brained olive locale

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

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



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:12 PM
Author: drab ratface candlestick maker

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/#49394125)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:40 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Feces

foucault liked to hammer a lot of things

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



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: drab ratface candlestick maker

yeah it sounds like he was an awful guy

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



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:47 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Feces

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/#49394245)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:54 PM
Author: drab ratface candlestick maker

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

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



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:57 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Feces

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/#49394281)



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Date: November 2nd, 2025 1:16 AM
Author: fragrant stag film love of her life

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/#49394523)



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Date: November 2nd, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Feces

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/#49395881)



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Date: November 2nd, 2025 4:42 PM
Author: Pea-brained olive locale

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/#49395923)



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Date: November 2nd, 2025 4:46 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac Red Space

The Enlightenment

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