Hundreds of societies have been in crises like ours. An expert explains how they got out.
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An analysis of historical crises over the past 2,000 years offers lessons for avoiding the end times.

the principles behind a successful exit from crisis remain relevant. While the specific policies will differ across societies, the overarching goal remains the same: to rebalance the distribution of wealth and power in a way that promotes long-term stability, not short-term elite enrichment.

  • Asafum@feddit.nl
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    11 months ago

    Yeah but I’m not convinced that those other times had the same level and capability to brainwash and mislead entire populations that we suffer from now.

    We’re in a world now where multiple versions of “reality” exist simultaneously depending on your political leanings. At least in the “old” days people all shared a common experience and could band together. We don’t have that anymore :/

      • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        Lemmy is a bubble too, unfortunately. The top posts here are frequently clickbait websites or misinformation.

        And it’s easy to look back on the nastiness of the old internet with rose tinted glasses, but… I think folks were aware of the absurdity, yeah. It was like being in a zoo. So I suppose I largely agree

          • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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            11 months ago

            LOT of The Guardian (click bait yeah, misinformation no), AP, Reuters, Al Jazeera and mocking the NY Times for sanewashing

            I guess everyone has their different leanings, but I’m talking more about dailybeast, rawstory, literal tabloids that constantly hit the front page when sensationalist or sometimes flat out wrong headlines. There’s a reason Wikipedia avoids these.

            Folks also spread twitter screenshots or memes that are easy to interpret as factual but are, in fact, completely fabricated. This is an example I’m thinking of: https://lemmy.world/post/36736401

            And of course mods don’t care as long as it fits political orthodoxy, no matter how much its pointed out. I’ve even had Lemmy users express they ‘don’t care’ about the source quality, just that it matches their ideology. If the above was, say, a more tankie leaning meme, you can bet the mods would have zapped it instantly.

            Lemmy has a lot of Anarchists and very true Left leaning people in general, which means knowing how to doubt everything corporate media puts out into the world.

            Again, I’m skeptical of this, as it sure seems like tabloids are upvoted en masse as long as the title is juicy.

            In other words, no one really seems to care about information hygiene unless its outside their bubble. Thats a recipe for spreading misinformation.