Five Reasons Why 2013 Was The Best Year In Human History

[Coyotl]

Five Reasons Why 2013 Was The Best Year In Human History
Dec 26, 2013 Zack Beauchamp http://billmoyers.com/2013/12/26/five-reasons-why-2013-was-the-best-year-in-human-history/

Between the brutal civil war in Syria, the government shutdown and all of the deadly dysfunction it represents, the NSA spying revelations, and massive inequality, it’d be easy for you to enter 2014 thinking the last year has been an awful one.

But you’d be wrong. We have every reason to believe that 2013 was, in fact, the best year on the planet for humankind.

Contrary to what you might have heard, virtually all of the most important forces that determine what make people’s lives good — the things that determine how long they live, and whether they live happily and freely — are trending in an extremely happy direction. While it’s possible that this progress could be reversed by something like runaway climate change, the effects will have to be dramatic to overcome the extraordinary and growing progress we’ve made in making the world a better place.

Here are the five big reasons why. .............

[el_bryanto]

1. That's a nice sentiment. nt

[cantbeserious]

2. Does Not Ameiolerate The Pain Inflicted By The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks

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[Coyotl]

9. Indeed. That would make next year even better. Blue 2014! n/t

[randome]

3. It all depends on perspective. Thanks for the note of optimism!

The point about there being less discrimination -in general- throughout the world is important. Despite the troglodytes in our midst, America is leading the way toward equality for all.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]You have to play the game to find out why you're playing the game. -Existenz[/center][/font][hr]

[SidDithers]

4. DU rec...

nice change from the constant doom and gloom posted here.



Sid

[HappyMe]

5. A breath of fresh air.

[Squinch]

6. I love this! Thank you!

I hope Bill Moyers never retires.

[treestar]

7. Some optimism is good near a New Year!

[The2ndWheel]

8. Winning the fight against death

won't come without a cost. We still exist within physical reality. It'll be fun to watch us scramble for a solution to the problems it'll cause.

[bvar22]

10. While I love Bill MOyers, and appreciate the attempt at "Rosy" sentiments,

....and I guess 2013 was a wonderful year for some,
it is hard for me to balance out 2013, and come up with a net positive.

The Economic Coup is almost complete,
and with the exception of Elizabeth Warren and the New Pope,
I don't see anyone in the Leadership of either Party or the US Mainstream Media even willing to talk about this growing problem.


Billionaire wealth doubles since financial crisis
http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/11/12/Billionaire-wealth-doubles-since-financial-crisis/5011384268135/?spt=hts&or=12

US Wealthy Have Biggest Piece of Pie Ever Recorded
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/09/11-6

Rates of unemployment for families earning less than $20,000 - have topped 21 percent
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_JOBS_GAP_RICH_AND_POOR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-09-16-08-11-23

Study: "Trade" Deal Would Mean a Pay Cut for 90% of U.S. Workers
http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2013/09/the-verdict-is-in-the-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp-a-sweeping-free-trade-deal-under-negotiation-with-11-pacific-rim-coun.html

The Totally Unfair And Bitterly Uneven 'Recovery,' In 12 Charts – HuffPo
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023662029

Wall Street will get away with massive wave of criminality of 2008 - Statute of Limitations
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022516719

Income gap widest ever: 95 Percent of Recovery Income Gains Have Gone to the Top 1 Percent
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/09/10/one_percent_recovery_95_percent_of_gains_have_gone_to_the_top_one_percent.html

Older Workers:.Set Back by Recession, and Shut Out of Rebound
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/27/booming/for-laid-off-older-workers-age-bias-is-pervasive.html?smid=tw-share&_r=3&


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