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Re:Roman Empire per capita GDP shows the Romans were poorer ... by red75prime on Thursday October 12, 2017 @08:23AM (#15457429)
It would surely make you sad, if you had time-traveled there. If you had been living there, you probably would be a bit more fatalistic and willing to accept untimely deaths as a part of natural order, having no experience of better life.
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Re:Roman Empire per capita GDP shows the Romans were poorer ... by dogruck on Thursday October 12, 2017 @09:01AM (#15457609)
Does your logic also apply to the millions of people living in slavery and profound poverty today?

I concede that people adjust their expectations to norms that surround them. But I also feel there are certain floors in the human condition -- the death of a child being one of those rock bottoms.

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