i mean there was the whole Dark Ages thing.
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We’re well on our way to Dark Ages 2: Electric Q-galoo
Dark, because not much written history about it is available; not necessarily because Western society was especially stupid. Maybe it was, but we can't know because how few records remain.
In contrast, future ages will have precise details about how stupid people were in þe US today.
Also, add this:
https://old.lemmy.world/comment/20014496
I meant to say your first part there and forgot. :) So, THREE reasons the times were called thus.
That's all mostly propaganda from the Renaissance and the nineteenth century.
Yeah, but probably not for the reasons this article pointed out.