Technology advances but human nature stays the same. Chattel slavery is less common today but it has been replaced by governments owning people instead of people owning people.
Find me more beautiful man-made structures in America today than were found on the Acropolis. It is quite difficult to do.
“Technology advances but human nature stays the same.”
Hardly.
Human nature started off primitive and barbaric. Now it has become civilized throughout the centuries, though there are minor exceptions.
“governments owning people”
Seeing as though the people elect their president, senators, etc., the people actually decide who belongs in their government. The people have their liberties and rights. That is nearly diametric from slavery, which guarantees NO rights and does not have the consent of the people.
Seriously, you’re comparing apples and oranges. What is this about beautiful man-made structures? What does it have to do with cheating and society?
And if you were against cheating in the first place, why bother trying to justify it?
“Technology advances but human nature stays the same.”
Wrong. Human nature can also advance. The most obvious example of this would be barbaric vs. civilized. We were first barbarians until we became civilized. This is called an advancement.
Sure, certain aspects of human nature, like the survival instinct, will not change drastically, in the sense that the majority of us, when put in a life or death situation, will try to live. Of course, there are also suicidal people who contradict that.
“Find me more beautiful man-made structures in America today than were found on the Acropolis. It is quite difficult to do.”
Find me a relevant argument. It is quite difficult to do (for you, apparently).
Seems like you want to argue about architecture now, but this article obviously doesn’t address that topic at all.