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Is it just me, or is the whole world in a bad mood? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 22 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Am I projecting? What do you think, fellow lemmings?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Well they didn't have any past government examples to use as a warning. News and communication back then was also much more limited.

I could grab my rifle and take to the streets

They literally had street battles with armed communists and ww1 veterans fighting each other. The average person was so horrified of living in a war zone that they voted for any party who could stop it.