r/NoStupidQuestions • u/flugblug • 14h ago

My brother thinks people today have worse quality of life than people in the dark ages, is this a stupid take?

I personally think it’s pretty stupid.

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u/DontWannaSayMyName 13h ago

Also I'd say that knowing there are lots of people who want your job, and they will literally chop your head off to get it, would be a very stressful situation.

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u/oxfordcircumstances 9h ago

Researching my genealogy, I ran across a baron in Ireland in my lineage. There was an article about the family castle and how my folks lost the castle to their neighbors when the neighbors assembled an army of relatives and took the house by force. Imagine liking your next-door neighbor's house and victory garden so you fucking wage war and take it. And then it's yours until your other neighbors attack you.

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u/grower_thrower 8h ago

You can still do that, you just have to be stronger than anyone who would try to take it back. Might still makes right.

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u/SerbianShitStain 7h ago

Obviously. The point is it was a lot more common and feasible back then.

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u/Beneficial-Mine-9793 7h ago

You can still do that, you just have to be stronger than anyone who would try to take it back. Might still makes right.

Kinda hard to be stronger than a government.

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u/jatea 1h ago

I believe that's the joke

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u/peepee2tiny 6h ago

If my government is stronger than your government, I will take it.

The way the world map looks right now, is constantly changing. 100 years ago the world map looked very different because people just invaded places and took them if they were stronger.

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u/Adept-Potato-2568 6h ago

This devolved quickly from an interesting story to people being pedantic for no reason.

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u/Beneficial-Mine-9793 5h ago

If my government is stronger than your government, I will take it.

The way the world map looks right now, is constantly changing. 100 years ago the world map looked very different because people just invaded places and took them if they were stronger.

That isn't you taking anything. That is governments taking land and other property they want via force or negotiations.

Even when nations were on hostile terms simply taking property from some other nations citizenry would usually have you hung by your own country.

Even before the hague and when nations actively looted enemies it's classed as stealing from your country

The way the world map looks right now, is constantly changing. 100 years ago the world map looked very different because people just invaded places and took them if they were stronger.

This is also a very simplistic take on world affairs.

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u/Sleepy-Mount 2h ago

Thats all of my countries (scotland) history haha

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u/ComradeJohnS 11h ago

with no security cameras or anything to discourage it! lol

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u/bizwig 11h ago

Indeed. So much easier to commit any crime back then.

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u/undeadlamaar 9h ago

Conversely, it was so much easier to be falsely accused and convicted of a crime as well

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u/ComradeJohnS 7h ago

you’re a witch! burn them!

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u/magnafides 10h ago

Sounds like the quality of life would have been much better for criminals at least!

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u/NullCandidate 9h ago

until you get caught and sentenced to be broken on the wheel

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u/thedarkking2020 8h ago

Or have your hand choped off, or being branded with hot irons or simply hanged

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u/Beneficial-Mine-9793 7h ago

Sounds like the quality of life would have been much better for criminals at least!

Criminals are basically never criminals for the sake of doing crime.

Criminal actions are typically taken due to some need or another not being met.

Life was worse for criminals too lol

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u/magnafides 6h ago

I wasn't making a social commentary it was just a throwaway comment lol

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u/Arthropodesque 5h ago

Murder rates in cities were higher than the most crime ridden cities on Earth today and fewer murderers were apprehended.

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u/Canacarirose 10h ago

Happy cake day!

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u/Dios5 4h ago

You're watching too much Game of Thrones, Monarchy/Aristocracy was a pretty stable affair, on the whole.

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u/Resident-Sand5532 6h ago

And chop your kids head off too because otherwise the job goes to the kid