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minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·3 days agoOnly a rich crackpot could distribute pamphlets claiming colloidal silver cures cancer, and then they’d still only reach people in walking distance. Now, any moron can reach literally the entire world at no cost or effort.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agoAlso, literacy itself was gatekept back then. The stupid people we’re referring to wouldn’t even have been able to read it.
Only a rich crackpot could distribute pamphlets claiming colloidal silver cures cancer, and then they’d still only reach people in walking distance.
Now, any moron can reach literally the entire world at no cost or effort.
Also, literacy itself was gatekept back then. The stupid people we’re referring to wouldn’t even have been able to read it.