What is the sacrifice of human progress?

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, the history shared in the book is, in contrast to mainstream history
textbooks, not written from the perspective of "the victors." Rather, it is centered
on people who have been, and still absolutely are to varying degrees, socially, politically,
and/or economically oppressed by this dominant political system. The book poignantly
demonstrates how societal and national "progress" is intertwined with the oppression
of exploited laborers (in the form of enslaved folks, indentured folks, and wage laborers),
displacement and genocide of Indigenous people, and the oppression of the earth. The concept of
human progress can not be singularly defined as it is a deeply subjective term, and one that is
often defined dominantly by those who benefit from the exploitation of other humans, animals,
and/or the earth. The existence of civilization has always been contingent on exploitation and
concentration of power. concepts of human progress are...