fair point. but back then, those few dominant men, were the only ones who had a voice. the average man can stand on a soap box in town square and be heard by a few dozen people that's it, ideas had no way to spread between the people except by word of mouth. and nobody knew what the people in the next town over where even talking about because it took days to reach them by horse. it's a new era, with new capabilities, and an element of the unpredictable is inherent in all that newness. we don't know what will happen or what can happen from now on. so there is always room for hope in that uncertainty.
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