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Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: yes

It takes a change of culture, of the mode of reactions to circumstances, to effect a change of habit. Genetics is the progeny of culture, not vice versa. This applies in ALL fields of human activities, including economy, to ALL personal and social behavioral aspects.Since the early 1900’s ALL “science” has been taken over by the Technology Culture of the religious Americans, represented by the trade-union-church AAAS. Plain and simple. There has not been any science in the world since then except “religious-American-science”.On the blissful religious science ignorance…:USA-World Science Hegemony Is Science BlindSince the early 2000s I have been posting many articles on science items surveyed and analyzed by me, without religious background-concepts. I have been doing this because I was deeply disturbed by the religiosity of the 1848-founded AAAS trade-union and by the consequent religious background-tint of its extensive “scientific” publications and activities.On my next birthday I’ll be 88-yrs old. I know that I’m deeply engaged in a Don Quixotic mission-war to extricate-free the USA and world Science from the clutches and consequences of the religious-trade-union-church AAAS, adopted strangely by the majority of scientifically ignorant religious god-trusting Americans and by their most other humanity following flocks…But I am sincerely confident that only thus it is feasible and possible to embark on a new, rational, Human culture (Scientism) and on new more beneficial and effective technology courses for humanity…Dov Henis (comments from 22nd century)http://universe-life.com/ Energy-Mass Poles Of The Universehttp://universe-life.com/2012/11/14/701/
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: yes

I am a young adult, currently writing a paper on this very topic. America would be better if we went " back to mayberry" and I would have to say that children respected and listened to parents better, most people worked for what they had, and thus appreciated it a lot more. also, most people had some level of connection with one another, you said hi to your neighbors and you helped a person in need if you could. people today don't care, unless it serves them. I'd say people "back in the day" were a lot better off, yes there were troubles. BUT people banded together and took care of the problems. yes things like health were not as good, BUT people made more out of the years they had. yes there was war, BUT there always will be. Yes there was more health issues, BUT again people could afford to have the dr come to your house and at least try! most people today cant afford a dr. And as far as food and such, it was better for you, because storage or not. food was grown and it was either eaten or traded for something a family needed. People respected their elders and took care of them, NOT like today where the send the "to the homes". personally I think it would be much better. and that's my take, and a part of my paper :)
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: yes

Well in the early 1900's women and men were very Committed to one another which made marriages last a very long time, and both men and women had to struggle to make ends meat. Many women today make a very good income and are very independent as well since they don't need a man to survive. But that turned out to be very difficult for many of us good innocent men out there looking to meet a good woman to settle down with since many women now are looking for men with money, and can't accept us men for who we are. These are very good reasons why many of us men are still single today since we really can't blame ourselves either. My aunt and uncle just celebrated their 65th year together, and they are still together today. There are many of us men that that would have certainly wanted to be married and have a family too, and if we could only meet a good woman to make us happy rather than being Alone which would had been Great.
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: yes

I base my opinion on that people live much longer today than what they did back during the early 1900's.
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: yes

Disadvantages:You would probably experience war, have to fight is it or even lose family members because of it. Also there and bigger jobs, longer life expectancies and better jobs now than in the 1900’s. Of those kids who managed to get a job many were treated harshly and wouldn’t get paid fairly. Now kids don’t have to work and are very lucky. They usually get about the same amount of money as the kids did back then from their family as presents.
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: don't care

couldn't fit this into description.nowadays...We have taller buildings but shorter tempers.Wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less.We buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families. More conveniences, but less time.We have more degrees but less sense.More knowledge, but less judgment.More experts, yet more problems.More medicine, but less wellness. We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and enjoy life too seldom.We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor.We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: yes

This is schmaltz. I understand your frustration with certain aspect of the modern world, but don't be taken in by sappy mass-forwarded chain emails. This sort of selective nostalgia is useless; indeed, things are not perfect today, but it is better to focus on the actions we can take to improve things, rather than inaccurately reminiscing about the past.In the 1900s, some cities claimed a 30% infant mortality rate before the first year. Penicillin had not even been invented, and something as minor as pneumonia could very well be fatal. The average life expectancy was not even fifty years; today, we can expect to live more than a quarter century longer than that. 1 in 10 people were completely illiterate. It is guessed that anywhere from 30-50% of families lived below the poverty level, and that might have meant literally only being able to afford enough bread and water not to die of starvation. Women were not allowed to vote, and interracial marriages were illegal in most states.People in the 1900s were probably just as likely (or more likely, in some respects) to be hateful, unhealthy, stupid, closed-minded, uneducated, judgmental, unfriendly, or whatever negative qualities the author cared to attribute largely to the modern world.http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/720632.html http://www.efmoody.com/estate/lifeexpectancy.html http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/education/p23-08.pdf http://www.helium.com/items/813783-an-overview-of-the-jim-crow-laws
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: No

People are a lot less healthy today than they were 100 years ago. Obesity is at an all-time high. People are not as physically active as they were then. People then did not sit in cubicles all day in front of a computer. They were outside in the fresh air and sunshine tending their gardens (which, by the way, were grown in quality soil with little or no pesticides) or working on their farms. There is no data on poverty rates in the 1900's, but even if it was high, it wouldn't mean much because most people lived off the land, not the dollar. A self-sufficient farmer had little need of grocery money. I suspect that many farmers living under the poverty line actually lived better lives than many wage-earners at the time who were above it. The literacy rates today are nothing to brag about. Quality of education is pretty much at an all-time low. See Charlotte Iserbyt's book The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America. http://www.deliberatedumbingdown.com/ People who had money had real value in the form of gold and silver coin, not paper money and blips on a computer screen. America is now the number one debtor nation. People today are insane, they call debt wealth .
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: No

we live 25 years longer and we're probably not going to die of tuberculosis or lose our children to pneumonia, thanks to advancements in the medical field. How can you know those facts and continue to say we are less healthy than a people who did not even live to 50? Chances are 1 in 2 that you will get some form of cancer during your lifetime. Cancer was a rarity a century ago. I think that overshadows tuberculosis and pneumonia together. Heart disease, stroke, diabetes, hypertension are skyrocketing thanks to the modern diet and sedentary lifestyle. A long lifespan doesn't necessarily mean a better life. Senior citizens are on an average of 6 different medications, many of which have unpleasant side effects.you are describing the United States as though it was nothing but spacious, idyllic farmlandFar, far more of the population lived on family farms than do now. It's a healthier lifestyle than the average desk job or manufacturing job.the length and quality of life for its citizens has increased. This is pretty hard to factually argue.I'll not argue about the lifespan being longer, I can argue that quality of life has diminished. Yes, we have more leisure time to watch sports on TV, fidget with our I-Pads, surf porn, and yap away on our cell phones, but is that really a quality life? Children do not even play outside anymore, they are all cooped-up inside playing video games. I fail to see how that is an improvement.
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: yes

Who knows what ill effects people in the 1900s would have suffered from in old age if most of them had actually lived to reach old age? While your argument does identify a lot of common complaints about modern society, it ignores the fact that modern people still have far more choices and opportunities than they did in the 1900s, in every aspect of life. If we wish, we can be vegans, raw foodists, or gluten-free; we have more time to exercise and socialize if we want; online schools, community colleges, and grants have made higher education a possibility for many more people; prejudice is still a problem, but the civil rights movement has made progress by leaps and bounds; and population growth and immigration are both proportionately lower than they were a century ago.Even if most people do not make the choices you believe are necessary for a quality life, at least today, the luxury of those choices are there for them.
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: yes

I can argue that quality of life has diminished.How so? By living longer, fewer diseases, more opportunities, more comfortable, easier travel, higher literacy rates, better access to medicine, etc.
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: No

"How so? By living longer, fewer diseases, more opportunities, more comfortable, easier travel, higher literacy rates, better access to medicine, etc."I can give many reasons on why quality of life has diminished here is just a few of them:1900s-children used to go outside and make friendsmodern day-children stay home and play PS3,Xbox etc.also in the modern day sex before marriage has now been encouraged and the fearful consequence of actually having a baby solved by murder." easier travel"in the past going to another country was an adventure that would be treasured forever, it was also another reason to join the army.Many holidays were instead taken in the next town in a hotel.Nowadays a holiday is just a plane trip to another place where you have just buy things to bring back to your own country, it has also killed many local tourist trades.My own town in England is by the beach, but why come here when you can go to Spain.travel has also made the world a smaller place companies have taking over this planet with no intention but to milk it dry. instead of everyone owning one cosy little shop and all getting a little extra money, huge business knock them out and monopolise industries."better access to medicine"In what way? the only thing that has really changed was the way of paying (which has been made better in Britian but is still the same in U.S.A)"more opportunities"of working for some big global company
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: yes

Going to another country is still a wonderful experience. I know some people that haven't even been out of my state...ever. I was blessed to be born into a family that could afford to travel to many places, but everyone isn't. You don't consider more people being able to travel to far away places as progress? It may not help the small towns, but people are more able to learn about other cultures.medicineHow about virtually eradicating some diseases that once killed tens of thousands of people. Please don't bring up obesity. I know that it is considered a disease, but the people choose the lifestyle, unlike those diagnosed with polio, or something like that.opportunitiesLike a minority actually being able to hold a higher position than their majority counterpart. All people having to chance to move into another social class. More people able to become land and home owners.
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: No

"In the 1900s, some cities claimed a 30% infant mortality rate before the first year. Penicillin had not even been invented, and something as minor as pneumonia could very well be fatal. The average life expectancy was not even fifty years; today, we can expect to live more than a quarter century longer than that. "and thus have to spend those extra 25 years living in small cramped houses due to over population"1 in 10 people were completely illiterate."who cares it's not like people spend any time reading anymore"It is guessed that anywhere from 30-50% of families lived below the poverty level, and that might have meant literally only being able to afford enough bread and water not to die of starvation."nowadays people just live off benefits paid by the taxes of others and causeing countries to fall into debt."Women were not allowed to vote, and interracial marriages were illegal in most states."in those times when a husband and wife got marrried they used to decide together, so therefore a husbands vote also included that of the wife. In the modern day if a married couple don't agree they just get divorced.
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: yes

Wait, are you seriously trying to reason with women not being allowed to vote?Lol
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: No

have you ever heard the expression that there is a woman behind every man.
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: yes

have you ever heard the expression that there is a woman behind every man.Only a person who is not thus shadowed would make such a statement in this context.
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: yes

You take a very "NOW AND GO" attitude toward this topic, Correct? As in you feel as though life these days is pointless because we Don't actually live "Life" anymore? Well, working under this assumption, Ive formulated an answer to youre underlying beliefs, more or less. The society of today works as a whole toward the betterment of Society in the future. A future view is one that is prevalent in modern society, whereas the early 1900s involved a great number of people who upheld the motto "Take what you can get and run." Not to say there weren't hundreds of thousands of people who were honest to god wholesome workers and good little Christians, but for the most part, especially during the Depression, people held horrible life and social attitudes and were living anything but Life. Modernly, People hold less Biases due to the grand increase to educational levels and understanding of more sides of the argument and not just what they were taught hereditarily. As we discover more and more of what is right and what we thought was right but wrong, we come closer and closer to the truth as a whole, and with it absolute understanding and destruction of lies which cause the horrible statements you've made. Not saying you're lying, but its lies combined with the truth to form biased "facts" and statements that have caused you to think such.
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: No

everything you said is completly true bout only applies if you lived in the U.S.A and scince you don't teach much British history in the U.S you can't assume that happened to us as well
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: No

OH HO HO HO GOOD OL' ENGLAND. Full of wankers and whatnots. Self-centered socialist pricks, the majority of those children. Think that they undertsnad the world. Disgusting. Not to say you are one necessarily. I just have a thing against the idiots of your country as well as the United States of America. And I do happen to know a good amount of British History, thanks. However, you are true in stating that my answer above ascertains mostly if not entirely to the US. As for Brtiain, it was a dangerous, filthy time where socialists and marxists were revolutionizing and Ireland was starting to get pissed, but only starting. Much of the Government's focus was on that of maintaining the Empire or its remnants and keeping the British War machine up top, reducing entirely any funds for improving the life of those in the motherland or instilling new ideas or programs. Life was at a stand still, free to the jaws of any industrious thinker with enough money and malice. Which is why labour laws didnt exist, working class sucked metaphorical penis everyday, quality of life was worhtless and the only way to achieve happiness was through religion, generalized piety or ignorance of the Status Quo. Germany had many on edge, and many fell off that same edge. Depression and sadness ran rampant through the time between the turn of the century and the end of the Second Great War. Men controlled women and beat they children often in the populated areas. Disease was common, as was death. Desperate times, desperate measures. Everyone was on edge, for political revolution, war, crime, disease, death, social reform, religion and otherwise.As for today, The world requires something to keep its focus, otherwise we'd have a shitload or several shitloads of people with nothing to do, and unfortuantely we cant just kill them. So there exists a network of entertainment and communication and thrill for the Primary, secondary and tertiary sector workers throughout the world so that the world runs smoothly and doesnt fall into the hands of imbeciles on a massive reformist scale. This goes for England, America, every developed country. Negative radicalism is a result of boredom and illogical, impulsive thought. We use what you perceive as the modern world to prevent that from happening. To prevent the "I want is NAO"s from gaining too much power in the world. Or else we all fail. And there isnt another jesus to unite us all. Thats my view on things. Due to the fact that many worhtless people exist, and we cant just enslave them due to their classification and nature, we must make sure they dont do anything stupid. Thats why the world is so fucking disgusting in every manner. Its necessary.
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: yes

and thus have to spend those extra 25 years living in small cramped houses due to over populationWhich do you think has more space - the average single-family inner city apartment, or a dumbbell tenement, which crammed hundreds of people into 13 x 11 rooms and up to four families shared one water closet?who cares it's not like people spend any time reading anymoreAt the very least, they have the ability and the choice to read if they want. This is a luxury many people in the 1900s did not have.nowadays people just live off benefits paid by the taxes of others and causeing countries to fall into debt.You are not really offering any evidence that the 1900s were better than today. You are just complaining vaguely about today. Quality and length of life was significantly shorter 100 years ago.in those times when a husband and wife got marrried they used to decide together, so therefore a husbands vote also included that of the wife. In the modern day if a married couple don't agree they just get divorced.Don't make excuses for sexism. Women were considered inferior to men; marriage was rarely, if ever, a democracy, wife-beating had only recently become illegal, and the very first agencies meant to enforce these laws and protect battered women were only just being established.
Debate: is life better today than it was in the early 1900's
Side: No

"Which do you think has more space - the average single-family inner city apartment, or a dumbbell tenement, which crammed hundreds of people into 13 x 11 rooms and up to four families shared one water closet?"I understand your point and in U.S.A those facts would be correct."At the very least, they have the ability and the choice to read if they want. This is a luxury many people in the 1900s did not have."before education was a reward that your parents had worked hard to get, nowadays (because the government provides it) people muck around in class and are brought up with the idea that learning is boring."You are not really offering any evidence that the 1900s were better than today. You are just complaining vaguely about today. Quality and length of life was significantly shorter 100 years ago."ok then here is my proof that we have crapped up life:We have nedorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle.We have exploited the poor and called it the lotteryWe have neglected the needy and called it self-preservationWe have rewarded laziness and called it welfareWe have killed the unborn and called it a choiceWe have shot abortionists and called it justifiableWe have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteemWe have abused power and called it political savvyWe have coveted our neighbours possesions and called it ambitionWe have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expressionWe have ridiculed the time-honoured values of our forefathers and called it enlightenmentWe have replaced love with lustWe have threaten everyone with nuclear weapons and demand world peace