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Hey, so what do y'all think it felt like back in the 30s to watch the world split between a handful of really aggressive countries and everyone else? Specifically, what do y'all think it felt like to be a non-aggressive person living in one of the handful of really aggressive countries?

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The news cycle was a lot slower, and there’s a chance you wouldn’t be literate enough to read newspapers. I suspect you’d probably just carry on per usual.

>I suspect you’d probably just carry on per usual.

That's entirely what I'm afraid of

Currently, the news cycle is too fast to keep up with and 1 in 5 USian adults are functionally illiterate.

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