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Please Help Reverse This (i.imgur.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 136 points 4 months ago (25 children)

People are not more stupid than before. They are just more ignorant, bigoted, lazy, and scared. And this is not an accidental outcome.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Between the lead fuel, plastics, and possibly other issues not yet proven to be an issue like food colorings and preservatives, we may actually be dumber today than 150 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

We just have access to more platforms to share our opinions and people have access to more sources of information to reinforce their bad opinions.

During the Spanish flu people were fighting against preventive measures, the anti Vax movement existed in the late 1800s (example for those who read French https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/634164/la-grogne-contre-les-vaccins-et-les-mesures-sanitaires-des-le-xixe-siecle ), there's always been people supporting fascists and so on...