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You must pick a point in human history before the 1950s to be spend the rest of your life in. What era and place would you choose? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 11 months ago by hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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You would still have the same age, gender, personality, skin color, etc. and you would be able to speak at least one local language and would know basic information of the era and place. Your family, social standing, and such would be randomly picked.

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[–] arthur@lemmy.zip -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Racism is a european "invention", and can be dated. If you choose any place "before racism", that will not be an issue.

And also, you can choose any place in a time without europeans.

[–] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

debate pervert

Sounds like you're grasping for ways to justify longing for worse off pasts tbh

[–] arthur@lemmy.zip 0 points 11 months ago

Why?