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So essentially nothing has changed in a century.

@paulisci Were they suggesting that's an incorrect assessment or a correct one?

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Whoever wrote this has the foresight equal to that of Nostradamus, probably greater!

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If the historian of 1924 should consult the files of the press of 2024....

@paulisci MAGA baby.

@paulisci except for the bootlegging part, we can just copy this over for 2124's historians

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So much has changed. In 1924 the newspapers would have had you believe all that stuff, but in 2024 all that stuff IS true 😅

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The only thing incorrect is the spelling of grifters...

Oh wait, grafters was from 'graft'...we've had to expand the word to include other forms of theft including fraud and confidence rackets. My bad.

@paulisci it’s not too late to bring back bootlegging.

@paulisci Good times!

@paulisci This is the premise of Boardwalk Empire in a nutshell.

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Ouch. We resemble that remark.

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And people wonder why we say history is repeating itself.

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America: fucking it all up, one century at a time.

@paulisci The time-traveling historian of 2024 tried to warn the press of 1924, but they just thought they got the date wrong.

@paulisci which newspaper, section,...? A citation would be most helpful. 🙏

@paulisci Shit. Some things change, and some things stay the same.

@paulisci Plus ça change...

@paulisci Sorry to let you down, 1924.

@paulisci He would also note that absolutely NOTHING has changed.

@paulisci …and the world economy was in desperate recession after a global pandemic.