( the human condition is not an innately sophisticated one to begin with, but after a moment he amends — )
In the era of my birth, you had those that hated slavery, violence and brutality. That took joy in learning about other cultures rather than tear them down, that were honorable to their enemies and generous to their friends. In the era I am most recently come from, you have those that are much the same and in being so, those people were and still remain good people. The issue is that those that revel in humanity's worse traits are the loudest and have always been so. The future has given them more platforms.
( he lifts one hand, palm-up. )
A city is still a city. Streets, sewers, coliseums. People value displays of wealth in the same way. People still make promises they don't intend to keep. And people still stand in defense of others for the betterment of mankind. They have cultivated a better idea of things like germ theory, social and medical sciences, preservation of art and the like, but those things always existed to an extent, it is humanity's understanding of them that has shifted.
( he has a great many opinions on a great many people, too many to list. history has remembered the loudest voices but very rarely the best. his attention snaps back to trevor as if pulled by an elastic, and he sets his mouth into a firm line. it isn't dissimilar to the look he wears when expressing displeasure at an underling. )
And any who treat you poorly for an ignorance you cannot help is themselves a fool. You are an intelligent man, the advancements of the age are merely a matter of experience. You will learn.
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( the human condition is not an innately sophisticated one to begin with, but after a moment he amends — )
In the era of my birth, you had those that hated slavery, violence and brutality. That took joy in learning about other cultures rather than tear them down, that were honorable to their enemies and generous to their friends. In the era I am most recently come from, you have those that are much the same and in being so, those people were and still remain good people. The issue is that those that revel in humanity's worse traits are the loudest and have always been so. The future has given them more platforms.
( he lifts one hand, palm-up. )
A city is still a city. Streets, sewers, coliseums. People value displays of wealth in the same way. People still make promises they don't intend to keep. And people still stand in defense of others for the betterment of mankind. They have cultivated a better idea of things like germ theory, social and medical sciences, preservation of art and the like, but those things always existed to an extent, it is humanity's understanding of them that has shifted.
( he has a great many opinions on a great many people, too many to list. history has remembered the loudest voices but very rarely the best. his attention snaps back to trevor as if pulled by an elastic, and he sets his mouth into a firm line. it isn't dissimilar to the look he wears when expressing displeasure at an underling. )
And any who treat you poorly for an ignorance you cannot help is themselves a fool. You are an intelligent man, the advancements of the age are merely a matter of experience. You will learn.