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the parallels to the 1920s are making me a little nervous, ngl. pandemic, rising fascism, aftermath of a newly imposed world order breaking down into open conflict, looming catastrophic economic crisis, etc etc. all in all, very
but i'm sure things will straighten out by the 30s and all will be fine 
Yeah, I think most striking for me are the parallels to the events of and the lead up to WW2. Things like fascists trying to find as many fronts to fight as possible, the horrible economy, the impunity/non-responsiveness from those in power.
One might find a sugary, sticky, processed optimism to ask if we're all too fat and comfortable to do the trench warfare of yesteryear and then ask if that's a step in the right direction - the moral arc of the universe bending towards justice.
Nah, they are developing drone warfare. We are gonna get fat fucks in their VR rigs doming people from 5,000 mi away.
I'm starting to wonder if we're in a more 1900-1910 type of situation.