796
submitted 11 months ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/funny@lemmy.world
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] psvrh@lemmy.ca 44 points 11 months ago

It was the 1980s. Capitalism hadn't reached its end-stage yet.

[-] Jaderick@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

The US was still blissfully ignorant of how we were profiting at the expense of many lesser developed countries (that we had a hand in keeping less developed).

[-] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 15 points 11 months ago

was still blissfully ignorant

Most westerners still are lol

[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Oh it must certainly had. Tech just hadn't caused that bullshit to infect every corner of society yet. Rome wasn't sacked in a day.

edited because of *$#& autocorrect.

this post was submitted on 24 Dec 2023
796 points (96.6% liked)

Funny: Home of the Haha

5778 readers
373 users here now

Welcome to /c/funny, a place for all your humorous and amusing content.

Looking for mods! Send an application to Stamets!

Our Rules:

  1. Keep it civil. We're all people here. Be respectful to one another.

  2. No sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia or any other flavor of bigotry. I should not need to explain this one.

  3. Try not to repost anything posted within the past month. Beyond that, go for it. Not everyone is on every site all the time.


Other Communities:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS