@wdlindsy I feel like that's proof that maintaining democracy and protecting/expanding human rights is hard work that could really only take hold worldwide after the Enlightenment. I know some places had "democracy" on and off (but only for some people), but we're over 200 years into this in America and only in the last 50 years or so did we start acknowledging *everyone* needs their rights recognized & defended.
Getting that number to continually fall is our only hope. It's going to take lots of years.