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We love to invent "the way things used to be" as some kind of pristine ideal, but it was never real. I have a hard time listening to anyone that suggests these "better times" existed.


Then again, things do actually change. The world and societies within it have been through darker periods and lighter periods.

It seems to be cyclical, so there's actually a lot of truth to the notion of better times (as well as worse times).


There was a ton of corruption we never heard about before the Internet.


We are both exposed to more of it, more likely to be accepting of it.




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