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Human history= hockey stick miracle

Posted on 4/28/18 at 12:31 pm
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 12:31 pm
The average person in 1800 was no more wealthy than the average person in 1500, average person in 1500 was no better off than avg person in 1 AD

aka....the hockey stick revolution



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Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
20381 posts
Posted on 4/28/18 at 12:33 pm to
Looks more like a boomerang.



Change thread title to 'boomerang miracle'


Thanks
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
60158 posts
Posted on 4/28/18 at 12:33 pm to
Well yeah, the English brought hockey from the Indians to the new world
Posted by TigerOnTheMountain
Higher Elevation
Member since Oct 2014
41773 posts
Posted on 4/28/18 at 12:34 pm to
I think you mean it was stolen by the imperialist bastards.
Posted by Stevo
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2004
12588 posts
Posted on 4/28/18 at 12:34 pm to
I call b.s. Fred Flinstone seemed live a fairly prosperous life, even by today’s standards.

This post was edited on 4/28/18 at 12:59 pm
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
69576 posts
Posted on 4/28/18 at 12:35 pm to
I hate that British people don’t brush their teeth.
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
39568 posts
Posted on 4/28/18 at 12:35 pm to
Boomerang, a-hole.
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
62180 posts
Posted on 4/28/18 at 12:36 pm to
How did civilization continue with so few OT ballers?
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 12:37 pm to
Fred flintstone lived a prosperous life because he coached the university of Michigan football team
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
69576 posts
Posted on 4/28/18 at 12:38 pm to
They overpaid Flinstone for not winning anything substantial too.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 12:38 pm to
Just think. Even our “poor” people today can eat better than the kings of old.


We have a sumptuous banquet set out for us with all the creature comforts and delights that are readily at our fingertips.

Few of us know such strife and hardship of the old times.

These are the halcyon days of humanity.
The brief bright glimpse of decadence before the coming dark, where fire and steel and lead will reign.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
106097 posts
Posted on 4/28/18 at 12:41 pm to
quote:

I call b.s. Fred Flinstone seemed live a fairly prosperous life, even by today’s standards.


Apart from some technical gadgets, he and George Jetson had pretty similar lifestyles. OP's premise is clearly without merit.
Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
70143 posts
Posted on 4/28/18 at 12:51 pm to


Anyway, I see things mostly the way fr33 does. Maybe another couple of decades of decent life, then lights out.



This post was edited on 4/28/18 at 12:52 pm
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
103884 posts
Posted on 4/28/18 at 1:08 pm to
You can thank the Founding Fathers for unleashing the power of free market capitalism and democracy allowing for unleashing the power of the individual. The resulting industrial revolutions in America and Europe has brought wealth and comfort never thought possible and is spreading to even the most impoverished areas of the world
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
135363 posts
Posted on 4/28/18 at 1:17 pm to
It's pretty obvious from the graphs you posted that real prosperity started just after the Federal Reserve Act was passed in the United States.
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
62180 posts
Posted on 4/28/18 at 1:31 pm to
The Industrial Revolution was well underway when the Founding Fathers did their thing.
Posted by Morty
Member since Feb 2018
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 1:36 pm to
Currency didn’t really take off until the Renaissance era. Land was the main determinant of wealth so I don’t know how you measure this
Posted by Big_Slim
Mogadishu
Member since Apr 2016
3979 posts
Posted on 4/28/18 at 1:49 pm to
Energy consumption is usually the standard for quality of life studies. So a king who has 1000 servants back in the day has an extremely high quality of life when you consider that all their labor (energy) is essentially being consumed by him. It’s not perfect but is still extremely useful
Posted by Jyrdis
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 2:02 pm to
That looks like how HG Wells had things figured out.
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