▲ 356 ▼ 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) submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] mobyduck648@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Fulfilling the rule that all English sayings are either Shakespeare or the KJV. permalink fedilink source
[–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 1 week ago (1 child) Also, we just had a major pandemic. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (3 children) To be fair, the 1919 flu was orders of magnitude worse than covid. Literally one of the deadliest pandemics in human history. Covid is far lower in terms of percentage of mortality globally. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] barkingspiders@infosec.pub 2 points 6 days ago (1 child) I'd be curious how much of a difference the vaccine made. Like if we hadn't had a vaccine would the death rates have been more similar? One major difference I think I've read is that the Spanish flu was more likely to kill younger people whereas COVID hit our elderly population much harder. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago 100% agreed, but also the ages affected were, in both cases, biased towards greater fatalities. Boomers are still around, and were both old enough to be disproportionately affected, and disproportionately more of the population than an average demographics curve. In 1919, younger people would have been a larger part of the population as lfe expectancy would have been lower. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kyub@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 week ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago You had WWI and troops with horses, which were carriers. Sort of an apples and oranges factor, but it's not like the 1919 flu was happening in a vacuum. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hedup@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago Covid wasnt rivaled by a global war or smth. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (3 children) To be fair, the 1919 flu was orders of magnitude worse than covid. Literally one of the deadliest pandemics in human history. Covid is far lower in terms of percentage of mortality globally. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] barkingspiders@infosec.pub 2 points 6 days ago (1 child) I'd be curious how much of a difference the vaccine made. Like if we hadn't had a vaccine would the death rates have been more similar? One major difference I think I've read is that the Spanish flu was more likely to kill younger people whereas COVID hit our elderly population much harder. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago 100% agreed, but also the ages affected were, in both cases, biased towards greater fatalities. Boomers are still around, and were both old enough to be disproportionately affected, and disproportionately more of the population than an average demographics curve. In 1919, younger people would have been a larger part of the population as lfe expectancy would have been lower. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kyub@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 week ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago You had WWI and troops with horses, which were carriers. Sort of an apples and oranges factor, but it's not like the 1919 flu was happening in a vacuum. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hedup@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago Covid wasnt rivaled by a global war or smth. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] barkingspiders@infosec.pub 2 points 6 days ago (1 child) I'd be curious how much of a difference the vaccine made. Like if we hadn't had a vaccine would the death rates have been more similar? One major difference I think I've read is that the Spanish flu was more likely to kill younger people whereas COVID hit our elderly population much harder. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago 100% agreed, but also the ages affected were, in both cases, biased towards greater fatalities. Boomers are still around, and were both old enough to be disproportionately affected, and disproportionately more of the population than an average demographics curve. In 1919, younger people would have been a larger part of the population as lfe expectancy would have been lower. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago 100% agreed, but also the ages affected were, in both cases, biased towards greater fatalities. Boomers are still around, and were both old enough to be disproportionately affected, and disproportionately more of the population than an average demographics curve. In 1919, younger people would have been a larger part of the population as lfe expectancy would have been lower. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kyub@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 week ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago You had WWI and troops with horses, which were carriers. Sort of an apples and oranges factor, but it's not like the 1919 flu was happening in a vacuum. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago You had WWI and troops with horses, which were carriers. Sort of an apples and oranges factor, but it's not like the 1919 flu was happening in a vacuum. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hedup@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago Covid wasnt rivaled by a global war or smth. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 20 points 1 week ago Oh and dust bowls caused by deforestation in favour of unsustainable farming practices were common place permalink fedilink source
[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 13 points 1 week ago History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes. permalink fedilink source
[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (1 child) Dont worry, if we all fight and die and sacrifice, our decendants will get to enjoy paying crippling rent to the worst of us. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago Only two generations are won at a time, and the fight is harder each cycle. It’s not something you relax about. We must teach those who walk after to always defend and protect the rights of the people and to always care for others. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago Only two generations are won at a time, and the fight is harder each cycle. It’s not something you relax about. We must teach those who walk after to always defend and protect the rights of the people and to always care for others. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] coolie4@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 child) That World War you like is going to come back in style permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] 5 points 1 week ago Actually, I'm not personally a big fan of either one 🤷🏻 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] 5 points 1 week ago Actually, I'm not personally a big fan of either one 🤷🏻 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] leraje@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago (1 child) She's my cousin but doesn't she look exactly like an ongoing civilisational collapse? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago Yeah, right... Equating the US empire with the civilization is all the rage nowadays. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago Yeah, right... Equating the US empire with the civilization is all the rage nowadays. permalink fedilink source parent
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