Twenties rule

RothyBuyak@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone – 1007 points –
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one of the Good subs was called 100YearsAgo, people post HQ scans of old newspapers and photos from today in 1923. it's very fascinating seeing how language changed / didn't change, the attitudes around politics, women, prohibition, the minimum wage, etc

I found this one to be particularly interesting. Based Jule Cantwell and Helen Unger was right on with "lots" - it remains quiet popular!

I just want to add that currently the extremist right polls quite high in Germany. In some states its the second largest party.

Yeah but luckily they have some friends in the US now.

Just like 100 years ago. Where do you think Hitler got most of his ideas about black people from?

The English, Scandinavian and European aristocracy?

I believe Hitler specifically spoke of the US about this. Sure, lots of places had issues with race, but the US has always been bad about it.

Wouldn't want the fascists to feel lonely.

Don’t forget, they were just out of a worldwide pandemic that killed tens of millions.

Marx remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He did add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.

The Y2K bug means we're actually living in 1923 again. Which means that the BBC was just founded, silent films are still around, and the Ottoman Empire just collapsed. Also, color isn't invented yet.

So how am I able to post this comment? Idk, use your imagination, I guess.

The rampant fascism is missing from the list. But all good otherwise.

Electro swing is back in vouge too

That's the big difference between the 1920s and 2020s. The 1920s had swing, but now that we're in the future we have electro swing! It changes everything

The only major difference between THESE twenties and THOSE twenties is that people had nicer clothes back then. :P

Women have it way easier now. Especially when there's a conflict between them and a man.

that's the only difference

You mean the part where most women I know get harassed or groped when they go clubbing, and bars letting only men do rounds to retrieve glasses since the women get groped to the point they cannot work?

Yeah, no, way easier.

Just to be pedantic: they have it easier now. They are allowed to vote for example. But we are obviously not "there" yet, as your example vividly shows.