Re: The Black Death was cataclysmic but didn't produce Utopia back in the 14th century Archived Message
Posted by Bluefool on March 12, 2019, 3:03 pm, in reply to "The Black Death was cataclysmic but didn't produce Utopia back in the 14th century"
As you say though, the plague was seen as a punishment from God. Nobody could control it or influence it. The problems facing us today are mostly of our own making. Climate change, war, nuclear war, etc.. People, if not "the people", can influence all of those things. I think that difference is the basis of her argument. That if we can work through those problems then as a species we will or at least should have advanced socially. Whilst I agree with your last line it also depends where the revolution is fought. If it's fought on the streets then that would be very applicable; but if it's fought in, for want of a better expression, hearts and minds then it doesn't necessarily need people to organise in a traditional sense. It just needs enough people to reject the system for it to fail.
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