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Some news that would be completely mundane today but scary or shocking in the past.

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[โ€“] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 47 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Quite a few people would be probably surprised that colonial empires are no more

as for headlines: British PM Rishi Sunak negotiates Scottish independence with First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf

[โ€“] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

also anything involving european union

in 1923 that idea was not really that shocking and already talked about.

[โ€“] Agent641@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The only known sentence that is fatal to white british men circa 1900.

[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 months ago

Neocolonialism is alive and well though. Today we have more slaves making more products, than ever before !