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Originally Posted by Moejoe
Attitudes have changed a lot, and so has population density since those government's existed. A hundred years ago (in some quarters) racial and sexual equality were not fundamental human rights' either.
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A good example is education. Until 1880, education was not compulsory in England, and until 1891 it was not free. I'm sure, however, that today most people would consider it a fundamental duty of the government of a country to provide an educational system, and access to education to be a "right".