"Within a few generations of the Enlightenment’s great upheaval, capitalism had set men and women free from the desperate conditions of feudal serfdom. [...] Thanks to the capitalists who unleashed their creative energy, the very existence of America benefits the entire world."
I've read excerpts of the letters the founders of America wrote to one another, knowing the letters would be saved for history, hoping that America would work. I don't think they could foresee how prosperous America and all of humankind would be.
Yes, thank you, certainly unimaginable consequences once the power of the mind was unleashed. Heck, from 1603 to 1803, the improvements to the human condition may have seemed amazing to them - at least in terms of the arts and literacy, thanks to the printing press.
1803 isn't that long ago.
"Within a few generations of the Enlightenment’s great upheaval, capitalism had set men and women free from the desperate conditions of feudal serfdom. [...] Thanks to the capitalists who unleashed their creative energy, the very existence of America benefits the entire world."
I've read excerpts of the letters the founders of America wrote to one another, knowing the letters would be saved for history, hoping that America would work. I don't think they could foresee how prosperous America and all of humankind would be.
Yes, thank you, certainly unimaginable consequences once the power of the mind was unleashed. Heck, from 1603 to 1803, the improvements to the human condition may have seemed amazing to them - at least in terms of the arts and literacy, thanks to the printing press.