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Without mentioning smartphones or social media, what societal changes have you noticed over the course of your lifetime? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago by EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Originally it was going to be "over the last twenty years" but I decided to be more flexible.

A lot of discussions about how society has changed or how the world is different always circle around to smartphones, social media, "no one talks to each other in person, they're on their phones always" and the like.

Outside of those topics, what else has changed, by your perception?

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[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 3 points 3 weeks ago

When I was a kid, it was common for members of parliament to vote freely per their riding with whipped votes being limited to confidence votes.

Now, thanks to Stephen Harper going hard on the precedent set by Jean Chretien, free votes basically don't exist in parliament.

[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

The common man walks a path toward physical slavery, his pace ever increasing.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

smoking

gay

Amazon

conspiracy

racism

mental health

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