Comment on Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?

acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• baggachipz@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  We’re well on our way to Dark Ages 2: Electric Q-galoo

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• Sxan@piefed.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Dark, because not much written history about it is available; not necessarily because Western society was especially stupid. Maybe it was, but we can’t know because how few records remain.

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Also, add this:

    old.lemmy.world/comment/20014496

    I meant to say your first part there and forgot. :) So, THREE reasons the times were called thus.

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• Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That’s all mostly propaganda from the Renaissance and the nineteenth century.

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