The press was complicit in concealing FDR being

The press was complicit in concealing FDR being
by Nyirish08 (2023-12-28 17:07:46)
Edited on 2023-12-28 17:08:08

In reply to: I really think people have a rose-colored view of past posted by sprack

in a wheelchair. Kennedy and his women. And that was only 80 and 60 years ago.

Look at the population then vs now. DC has grown from backwater swamp to one of the biggest/expensive metro areas in the country. We had thousands people tracking which cell phone Trump used when he tweeted.

Privacy then vs now is like Abner Doubleday's baseball vs now. Sure, people always cheated and did shady things, but it is all amplified.

Replies:

That was more of an abnormal period than our present one - AquinasDomer 2023-12-28 17:21:34
- Exactly. People might want to read about the 1884 election - sprack 2023-12-28 17:28:40
  - we still didn't have social media * - ravenium 2023-12-29 00:55:03
    - I think the trends in officehilder quality - AquinasDomer 2023-12-29 10:43:10
So only bad people run for office now? - sprack 2023-12-28 17:11:18
- No. But you have to be willfully obtuse to not know - 88_92WSND 2023-12-28 19:24:04
  - Again I refer you to the 1884 election - sprack 2023-12-28 19:50:10
    - I'm aware of the 1884 election - 88_92WSND 2023-12-28 20:15:45
  - Prior to the 20th century - AquinasDomer 2023-12-28 19:30:39
    - People died in an election fight in Philly - 88_92WSND 2023-12-28 19:53:48