“The quicker I give up my freedoms, the faster I will get them back”, said the person who has never read a history book. “Two weeks to flatten the curve” turned into lockdown measures that already have lasted over a year.
Als we een stap terugzetten en kijken naar de afgelopen tweehonderd jaar dan zijn er radicale veranderingen geweest. Slavernij is vrijwel overal afgeschaft, democratie is wijdverbreid, oorlogen komen minder voor en de armoede in de wereld is nog nooit zo laag geweest.
If we take a step back and look at the past two hundred years, there have been radical changes. Slavery has been abolished virtually everywhere, democracy is widespread, wars are less common, and world poverty has never been lower.