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No one said the past was perfect. You use the old tired argument of finding a few bad incidents to condemn an entire period or people. I can assure you that for every one injustice of the pre-Darwin world, you will find thousands upon thousands in this epoch.

I for one would love to live in the world of Jefferson vs. the amoral, scumbag, hedonist society of the post-Darwin era. If you enjoy the chaos and moral relativism of modern society then you are welcome to it. There are still many who would love to live in a world with some principles.

I once thought as you did, but as I've grown up, I've realized that history isn't all it has cracked up to be, and that the past is generally must nastier and much more toxic than today. Living in 18th century America was bloody, dirty, and filth and disease ridden. Sort of like living in scarier parts of the world right now. Your life expectancy would be about 15-20-25 years shorter than it is right now, and if you got your wife pregnant, you wouldn't be sure that she or your new child survived the birthing process.

I'd also hazard a guess that the idyllic morality that you strive for in the past isn't all you make it out to be, either. Give me now over then anyday.