You’re spot on! Sometimes people romanticize the past, thinking that things were simpler or better back then. Throughout history, we've seen some really brutal and terrible things happening, like slavery, rape, and violence, which to your point,were unfortunately quite common.

I think part of the reason why people might have this idealized view of the past is that they're disconnected from the harshness of the natural world. With the advancements we've made in technology and society, it's easy to forget the struggles our ancestors faced. We live in a more comfortable and relatively safer world today, which can make it harder to fully understand the harsh realities of the past.

We bitcoiners know all too well that most people want to pull a vail over the truth. They’d rather not know and feel the emotions that coincide with raw truth.