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[a sad character is slouched on a couch, looking at their laptop, looking depressed, while their coffee mug leaks on their carpet] I'm tired of living in the "Decline and Fall" section of the future Wikipedia article

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[โ€“] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The common people? Hardly. To them it really didn't matter all that much as long as they were protected from war and famine.

But eventually that happened and they couldn't ignore it anymore.

The elites of society will have been much more aware of the situation (and acted accordingly).

[โ€“] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago