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Witsand87 t1_is29b2x wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIl the first working programmable, fully automatic digital computer was built in Germany during world war 2 by Konrad zuse but received no press coverage because of the war by mankls3

Yes, people today seem to forget just how crazy history has already been. People saying things like “we living in the last days before the end of the world because of all the wars etc going on today”. Well, if you want to get all biblical about it then surely the second world war was the end of the world, it even had a leader, who at first seemed unstoppable, trying to wipe out all jews and install a new world order. We are actually living in a fairly peaceful time in world history today, all things considered I guess. So I’d believe what your father say, we cannot really imagine what it’s like when a war happens and it comes down to survival, for yourself, family and/ or your identity/ nation.

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[deleted] t1_is2bsng wrote

And by communicating, like we do here. We can discuss, Good things, bad things, innovations etc.

I think the whole world is, fedup with war, chestbanging and fear drivven politics.

Time’s for change, i hope are coming.

“If you always speak the truth, Less need you remember”

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Witsand87 t1_is2ln5e wrote

We are definitely living in an age that’s like no other in history. Where kings and dictators had it “easy” to manipulate their own people in the past, today it’s getting harder to do with, for now, uncontrolled communication, or should I say, free communication and access to information. But another danger arise with this, and it’s something Hitler’s arms minister, Albert Speer, warned about, he said that never before has anyone used technology so well for propaganda, like the radio and camera. He said something along the lines of how great technology is, but we should safeguard it and not allow dictators to use it for their own benefits. Internet is an amazing tool, but it too can sway opinions if it ever gets controlled, or simply just via advertising or miss information.

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[deleted] t1_is4qy9a wrote

Curvball: everything after 1940 is propaganda….. 🫣😁

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[deleted] t1_is4r14x wrote

We are living in a world, of information over load. And the best way to control, in your hands…..

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