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Are we living in a golden age of stupidity? (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 48 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It's pretty good compared to, say, 100 years ago. But is it better than, idk, 10 years ago? This is highly dependent where you live, of course. But, in the US, I can 100% say life was better a decade ago and people weren't outright rejecting intellectualism en masse.

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  • [–] [S] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The idiots didn't have their own eco chamber. As an unfortunate byproduct of the social media they realised how many of them there are and organised themselves.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    54, American here. Yeah, I think we peaked in the 80s and 90s after a small setback in the 70s. Through 2010 was pretty good as well except for 9/11 fucking up our politics and legislation.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'd agree the US peaked in the 90s. 2008 really fucked us for almost a decade, though. Economy had essentially recovered by 2014/2015sh until COVID. I'm almost 40, so most of my adult life has been plagued by crisis after crisis.

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