If you could go back 150 years ago and live in the USA when things were better, would you?

At least OP made sure they didn't blatantly admit they wanted to go back to the times of slavery. Yeah, I'm sure it was the flood of Irish and not that our supply of free labor ended.

Greeks were the first to have democratic government. The founding fathers studied the Iriquois Confederacy. And yes, these were very liberal ideas at the time.

history.com

The Native American Government That Helped Inspire the US Constitution | HISTORY

The constitutional framers may have viewed indigenous people of the Iroquois Confederacy as inferior, but that didn't stop them from admiring their federalist principles.

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Is there a LetsRun equivalent of Godwin's Law?

Something like; "Any thread that is not running related will turn into a political left versus right slagging match by Page 3"

If not can I propose it? And can it be named after me?

Toilet paper may have been invented in 1857, but it certainly wasn't in wide use in 1873. In fact, my father grew up using "toxic inked papers" in the 40s and 50s in rural Ireland. There's no way your average person had access to toilet paper in the US before 1900.

"Liberals usually dont care if if someone is Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Athiest, etc. Their expectation is that people be treated as humans regardless of race, religion, gender. You know, like the Constitution says."

This unfortunately is no longer true. Liberals - well, progressives - now believe we should be treated equitably, not equally. This means you are treated according to your status on the grievance ladder. How many grievance boxes can you check?

I consider myself moderate, and I prefer that everyone be treated equally - no favoritism for white Christians, and also no favoritism for people whose ancestors were treated poorly. Equality, not equity.

Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965? No thanks.

Unless you are a white male, why in the hell would you want to purposely live in America in 1873?

Murder, rape, discrimination, inequality bigotry all running wild against women, blacks, native Americans, Asians or anyone else not a white male. Blatant affirmative action for white males

Can you remind us when our war against Taliban and the second Iraq War started?

Before that, we had Grenada invasion, Panama invasion, Operation Desert Storm, Kosovo War...

In a 2015 op-ed by George F. Will, he stated the standard of living of the average American today is better than John D. Rockefeller (world's wealthiest individual at the time) was in 2015. The advances in modern medicine, science & technology, transportation, and a host of other categories are simply breathtaking. Yes, all progress has pitfalls but the march of humanity is ever forward.

Well of course. J. Rock was dead in 2015, so his standard of living was pretty terrible.

Some liberals may believe that, but not a majority. Most are moderates and that is how Biden became the democratic candidate over Sanders or Warren.

A majority of conservatives are at least OK with racism, religious discrimination and xenophobia. It is made clear by their continued support of republican candidates who state positions things often.

Why is this garbage still in a running forum? Are there no mods at all?

Candidates who state those positions often.

If you really think life for the average American was better in 1873, it's easy enough to simulate. Become an agricultural laborer, spend all of your waking hours trying to produce food so you don't starve, and hope for good weather. Maybe you could find a dangerous job working in a factory for 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. If you get sick, injured, or pregnant, find someone off the street to give you medical care to simulate the good old days of medicine.

Or maybe you could move to a poor country like Sudan or Bolivia where people are still enjoying the good old days.

George Will is wrong.

J. D Rockefeller lived to 97, in pampered luxury for at least 75 of those years.

honestly screw this trope.. guaranteed 99% of people back then would love to switch places with you…. like if you hate technology so much, please do us all a favor and find a remote place where we wont have to constantly hear you whine, regurgitating the same nonsense, and post about how you’re taking a break from social media for your mental health

1873 was the year that the US Congress passed the so-called Comstock Act.

The Comstock Act made it a federal crime to publish, distribute or possess information about contraception, abortion or other forms of birth control/family planning and also made it a crime to distribute or be in possession of devices or medications used for those purposes.

The Comstock Act's official name was an "Act of the Suppression of Trade in, and Circulation of, Obscene Literature and Articles of Immoral Use."

Two years late, in 1875, the US Supreme Court handed down an important ruling denying women in the US the right to vote.

In Minor v. Happersett, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Missouri law allowing only men to vote. The Court said that while women are legally “persons” under the 14th Amendment, the US Constitution also held that women were meant to be relegated to the status of "non-voting citizens."

Good times for the half of the US populace who happened to be female! /s

Even today how the hell does Whoopi wipe herself?

People were dying from highly preventable diseases and also from injuries that would not be life threatening today.

You can live off the land today with no internet and no tv.

Plus do you not find irony that you posted this message on an Internet message board?