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If someone from the 1950s suddenly appeared, what would be the most difficult thing to explain about life today? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That we gained the capacity to send people to the moon only to use it for winning a political dick-measuring contest in the 60s and not do anything with it again for 50 years

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why is every comment just about the US? Skin color, school shooter drills, actor president, support for Russians by US politicians...

Lemmy try something more international:

France and Germany have founded the European Union.

First Japan, and now China (and Taiwan) and Korea are the technological superpowers.

Car industry in the UK basically doesn't exist anymore.

Cuba is still communist af and yet looks like a chill place.

Czechoslovakia has split. (Funny how even 30 years after the fact some people don't believe it, so I can imagine it being inconceivable before.)

There are 8 billon people.

We still don't have nuclear-powered flying cars.

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