It's the '20s, fascism is on the rise and the stock market is completely divorced from the economic reality of regular people
(lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Probably so, but another thing is much more severe today than it ever was back then: the ease and speed of distributing fascist and/or destabilizing propaganda. X, Youtube, Instagram, Tiktok are full of it, and guess where most people hang out on and get their "news" from.