John he is in fact some what right, but not for the reasons he thinks..
Now there was a lot of bad stuff left over from the last century( 100 years ago would have been 1915 right in the middle of the GREAT WAR ), but things where changing.
100 years ago,....
....if I made a promise to you, I would have been more scared of the shame of broking the Promise then a lawsuit.
...if I was willing to work and did a good job, I could always find work.
...if a person/social group or country attacked injured/kill people, they were dealt with.