eli5: what do people mean when they say we should not judge historical figures by modern standards?

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eli5: what do people mean when they say we should not judge historical figures by modern standards?

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If something was standard in an ancient time, people doing it were just normal people and weren’t bad or evil. Someone with your exact genes would have most likely done the same.

For example, people who owned slaves in ancient times were just regular people.