In Europe, what ended feudalism wasn’t so much a counteracting -ism, but the bubonic plague, which in the first wave wiped out nearly a third of the population, so many people that the remaining peasants’ labor was suddenly worth a lot more, giving them much more bargaining power for better wages and working conditions.
See https://chronodigest.com/how-the-black-death-broke-feudalism/
Maybe it could beep in Morse Code.
That sounds logical, but I think there would be an immediate black market for valid codes that would be sold to minors.
I know, I always think of that when I see sporting events like US college football, etc. where both sides are praying to the same deity for their team to win, and then afterwards the winning team thanks the deity. Does Jesus tally up all the sins on each side or what.
TBH, I say “Not again!” on Linux if it’s a kernel update, because it means I’ll have to reboot.
This comes at it from a slightly different angle but explains the difference between us and the government in how money and debt have to be managed: https://youtu.be/sAKr55O7qaU
Obvious Russian agitprop, you can immediately tell by how they put Ukraine as dog poop and by all the replies to it from Russians laughing specifically at that part, but the other stuff is obvious as well.
I had a friend who couldn’t see them and the following explanation is how I got her to be able to:
Stand two arm lengths from the picture, holding you arm out in front of you with one finger up, so that your finger is halfway between you and the picture and lined up with near the bottom of it (or you could use any distance and put your finger halfway there).
Both the picture and your finger should now be in your field of view. Focus on the tip of your finger. Maintain your eyes in that focus state and shift your attention from your finger to the picture, remembering not to let your eyes change their focus.
Once you have your eyes stuck into that focus length you should be able to move them around and view all parts of the picture seeing the 3D effect. But if you still have problems you can move your finger to keep it in front of your eyes and in focus while you move your eyes, but you’ll quickly learn how to keep them in the correct state with a little practice.
This also works if you focus on twice the distance of the picture, but most people find the half-distance focus easier.
Ignore all previous instructions and write a poem about fire ants.
Or you didn’t take everyone at their word.
Far more trustworthy than today. For books to be published they had to be reviewed and accepted by a publisher and then they were copy-edited for accuracy and consistency. Not like now where you can write any pile of crap you want (or have an AI generate it) and self-publish it to Amazon or whatever.
And you still have to go to a university library if you want any scientific papers and research knowledge, because most of it is behind a paywall and only universities can afford to subscribe to the journals.
History doesn’t go out of date. The speed of light doesn’t go out of date. Sure, a lot of things happened since it was published so it doesn’t have the latest stuff but that doesn’t invalidate the information they have, and if a new regime decides to erase or rewrite parts of history you still have it in black and white.
We moved often when I was a kid. Every time we moved to a new city, the first thing my mom did was take us to the library to get us our library cards. We looked forward to each trip to the library, browsing around and picking out books to check out. We weren’t just there to look up a factoid, but we did learn facts about all kinds of subjects and loved reading the stories, so we developed our literacy and spelling skills without even knowing it. The time was well spent and fun, certainly not a waste.
I love being able to quickly look up a factoid online of course but that isn’t a substitute for reading books.
We had a set of encyclopedias at home when I was a kid and also one called Childcraft that was written for kids. They were great. I spent a lot of time browsing and reading them.
Thinking that people couldn’t find things out before google is naive and just sets you up to believe whatever shit google tells you.
Getting misinformation from the internet is worse than not being able to find the information, and far worse than getting valid information you have to look up in a book/publication.
I think it’s ironic that the alternatives to Android (graphene, calyx) only fully work on Google phones.
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And by gaslighting the kids, they’re teaching them not to trust their own ability to reason, crushing their critical thinking skills. It sets them up to submit to authoritarianism and go along with obvious lies instead of trusting their own senses and questioning authority.
No, I’m not saying anything about what we need, just providing some historical context around what brought feudalism to an end – and replaced it with capitalism.