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Soundwave said:
curl-6 said:

Might have been a better time to be an American, but it in a global sense it wasn't really a better time to be a human in general. 

Really? What's better today? Random terrorists driving trucks into crowds of people? At least the IRA conflict they directly targetted opposition not random carnage when ever. For anywhere not named Rwanda and Croatia/Yugoslavia I don't think many places are better off today. China and India maybe but mostly due to advancement but the spoils of which are limited to a very small upper class of people. 

Well globally speaking things like infant mortality, disease, female literacy, life expectancy, etc are better now than back then.