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Imagine you were born in 1900.
When you're 14 to 18, WWI begins and ends with 22 million dead.
Soon the Spanish Flu appears, killing 50 million people. And you're alive, 20 years old.
When you're 29 you survive the great depression that caused unemployment and famine.
Imagine you were born in 1900.
When you're 14 to 18, WWI begins and ends with 22 million dead.
Soon the Spanish Flu appears, killing 50 million people. And you're alive, 20 years old.
When you're 29 you survive the great depression that caused unemployment and famine.
When you're 33 years old the nazis come to power.
When you're 39, World War II begins and ends when you're 45 years old with a 60 million dead. In the Holocaust 6 million Jews die.
At 52, Korean War begins. At 64, Vietnam War begins and ends when you're 75.
When you're 39, World War II begins and ends when you're 45 years old with a 60 million dead. In the Holocaust 6 million Jews die.
At 52, Korean War begins. At 64, Vietnam War begins and ends when you're 75.
Today we have every comfort, amid a new #pandemic. But we complain because we need to wear masks and because we must stay in our homes where we have food, electricity, water, wifi, Netflix! None of that existed before but humanity survived and never lost their joy of living.
