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\\\"Further, since atheists believe that we humans have only ourselves to rely on when it comes to moral guidance, the apparent fact that most societies grow more compassionate and egalitarian over time suggests that human nature is pretty virtuous.\\\"
Where did this come from? Just because western society has rolled a string of double sixes over the last 500 years, doesn\\\'t mean that it\\\'s going to keep heading that way. In fact, probably at least half of us would describe the last century as a downhill descent into a crapsack world, in moral/ethical terms if not technological. And all the technological gains have done is ruled out, forever, any chance of an actual revolution ever succeeding (it would be detected well before it had a significant number of members, and crushed easily).
I can\\\'t name a single other culture that got \\\"more compassionate and egalitarian\\\" as time went by. Perhaps someone else can?
Where did this come from? Just because western society has rolled a string of double sixes over the last 500 years, doesn\\\'t mean that it\\\'s going to keep heading that way. In fact, probably at least half of us would describe the last century as a downhill descent into a crapsack world, in moral/ethical terms if not technological. And all the technological gains have done is ruled out, forever, any chance of an actual revolution ever succeeding (it would be detected well before it had a significant number of members, and crushed easily).
I can\\\'t name a single other culture that got \\\"more compassionate and egalitarian\\\" as time went by. Perhaps someone else can?
