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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Replying to @johnpike15 @GodDoesnt
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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Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt
You don't think its insulting, Helen, to tell black ppl complaining about racial discrimination - 'well, it used to be a lot worse?"
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Replying to @johnpike15 @GodDoesnt
This is the pessimism & distrust of ppl I was talking about. The fear they'll use measurements to belittle.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt
Numbers matter. Facts matter. But they can also give incomplete, and inhumane take. As with this racial inequality discussion.
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Replying to @johnpike15 @GodDoesnt
But as to inhumane, our only difference is that I think ppl are inspired by progress & you think they are made complacent by it.
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We are both talking about very human psychologies here & I'm not sure which of us is right. Perhaps it all comes down to how its presented.
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