Has sermonizing ever in history moved the mean on virtues, for a group larger than a few hundred, for more than 1 generation?
I’m inclined to think any such effect is transient. Persistent effects can be attributed to tech making it easier to do a right thing than a wrong thing.
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I suspect automation moved the needle a lot more than sermons.
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?? textile mills, like the cotton gin, automated processes downstream of raw cotton, which still depended on slave labor. pbs.org/wnet/african-a (I'll shut up now since I don't really have any deep knowledge in this area)
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Yes, that’s what I mean. The entire cotton economy was becoming less important.
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