The Twentieth Century had some massive advances, but it also had every one of those horrors that you mention - just mostly not in Europe. On the other hand, when the country with the shortest average lifespan (Sierra Leone and the Congo) is the same as the world average lifespan just 100 years ago, that's some pretty amazing progress.
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Date: 2010-12-09 09:45 am (UTC)