&gt; It&#x27;s almost like the two are related!<p>Lol, a fair bit of truth to this.  However, I would say that in the past:<p>- There were places you could go where you didn&#x27;t have either of those problems because there just weren&#x27;t enough people around.<p>- Governments didn&#x27;t take as much of your livelihood<p>- There were a greater variety of societies, so you had more options in choosing one that you found least onerous in their expectations.<p>Of course travel took longer, and life wasn&#x27;t all sunshine and roses, but once you moved to a new place you could fairly effectively start over.