and we should listen to the people who suffer under it and ACTIVELY try to get it as close to 0 as possible. Not waste time on comparisons.
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1. Not the point 2. Who sets this scale? 3. I'm more interested in the conditions of ppl RIGHT NOW then how they compare
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The problem with the comparison is it presupposes things aren't 'bad' now because they used to be 'worse', which is an insult to the /1
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This seems to be a projection & not a very reasonable one. Measuring progress tells us how far we have to go too.
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As a general rule, we don't avoid measuring progress for fear it will discourage us. Its often inspiring.
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My fitbit seems to think so, anyway. I think it was a mistake when feminism stopped celebrating advances.
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It motivated & inspired us to keep going. Made us feel our efforts were worthwhile. That we were making a difference
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The whole concept of progress was central to liberalism then but derided & suspicious now. I think that's a shame.
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