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what fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago? (lemmy.eco.br)

submitted 1 year ago by Phen@lemmy.eco.br to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Some news that would be completely mundane today but scary or shocking in the past.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

See, in 1923 "the USSR fails" wouldn't surprise people, but "the USSR is a great power and also fails and also is still locally popular" would be hella disorienting.

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Why do I picture confused Trotsky, going WTF in his glasses? Yes, it's going to last 70-so years in spite of your pessimism, no, you aren't a part of it and assasinated in Mexico, yes, this georgian chud is as power-hungry as he looks, no, unions won't become the waifu of proletariat, but yes, after the fall of Stalin you'd be pretty much reabilitated and some canadians would even direct a movie about rebelious youngsters named after you.