first two paragraphs should be enough to convince anyone that it’s not news, just a highly biased opinion piece

it seems like one of the key defining principals of the fediverse is platform evolution - mastodon, bluesky, and lemmy are just going to be footnotes in history.

in regards to that definition then: yeah, I’d say people are, on the whole, more enlightened than they were a century ago. the scientific method is more thoroughly accepted/baked in at a societal level, and the mass adoption of digital communication facilitates a greater sense of community… though the resulting communities are often at odds with each other.

Bernie’s retiring from politics then?

could still play out that way - but Nigeria isnt the most stable place, a hard shove or two would easily topple their house of cards

Rwanda is blameless then?

anime/manga high school of the dead zombies is my favorite example

perhaps Brazil or whomever should stop burning it down?

define enlightened using your own words not via a google search

get on a boat?

yes - but if there’s no enforcement then laws are rather meaningless.

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Biden’s mouthpiece

did you not even look at the trade deficit numbers in the link you posted?

ah. Ms. Pacman then

rofl the pics in that article. never change, Africa

marry, or just commit carnal acts with?

looks like China has vastly more to lose.

russia’s space program is sort of shit these days though?

never heard of supervised consumption before. was picturing a bunch of guards staring down at a buffet restaurant until I read the article.