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My point(s) is (are) simple.
Just because something is old doesn't make it valuable. It just makes it old. Just because something is new doesn't make it valuable.
And if the "values of the 1700s" were or are alive and well today, they would not be the values of the 1700s. They would be modern values. By definition.
Therefore, in general, values that we've left behind (burning witches, legal racism, general foolishness) are good riddance, and any values that we've retained are those that have stood the test of time. (Sexism in our armed forces being one notable exception. Homophobia appears to be reasonably new.)
Next time one of your politicians tries to drag you backwards to the 1700s, tell him or her that you want to keep our current infant mortality rate, as well as the ability to chatter about politics on the internet.
Which will, of course, require electricity.
Just because something is old doesn't make it valuable. It just makes it old. Just because something is new doesn't make it valuable.
And if the "values of the 1700s" were or are alive and well today, they would not be the values of the 1700s. They would be modern values. By definition.
Therefore, in general, values that we've left behind (burning witches, legal racism, general foolishness) are good riddance, and any values that we've retained are those that have stood the test of time. (Sexism in our armed forces being one notable exception. Homophobia appears to be reasonably new.)
Next time one of your politicians tries to drag you backwards to the 1700s, tell him or her that you want to keep our current infant mortality rate, as well as the ability to chatter about politics on the internet.
Which will, of course, require electricity.