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RetroBowser t1_jdwf9mp wrote

Reply to comment by supercyberlurker in Hungary ratifies Finland's Nato bid by gfghfhgfhfcvb

The technology age was really important for this, and the Internet is still quite young. I live in Canada. If I was born 100 years ago and this happened then, there'd be no chance in hell that I heard about this war at all, and even if I did somehow I would never get the view of it that I have today. I wouldn't have been able to see the videos. I wouldn't have been able to talk to others around the globe about it and try to raise support and awareness.

I'd just be some nobody in my country who hears about something happening in some place I never hear about and will never have to go to. It'd almost be as if it wasn't happening from my perpsective.

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BenjamintheFox t1_jdx59w8 wrote

> there'd be no chance in hell that I heard about this war at all

They had newspapers in 1923...

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RetroBowser t1_jdx8om7 wrote

Okay great. You're a citizen in the year 1923 who had just read a small blurb in your local newspaper about some war going on overseas in some country you've never visited. Not only is your interpretation of what's taking place limited in scope, it's also potentially inaccurate, and much more delayed to update you with current events. What is your plan to get your message out to the world?

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aister t1_jdz7jnp wrote

1923? I would just close the paper, buy some more stock with all of my money, fully expecting to make 5x the amount in 5 years or even more. The world is peaceful, we're in the golden era, there will be no more war. I mean, they just went through THE world war that was so devastating, there is no way they would go into another world war.

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RetroBowser t1_je32uo7 wrote

Man the 1920s really seemed great until the Depression hit.

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