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by raxxorrax 2189 days ago
And yet, if efforts to curtail information would stop, a consensual narrative might form. It has happened before.
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When?

I'm trying to think of some good historical examples of Narrative Collapse before and all I'm coming up with is the Gutenberg Bible and the Protestant Reformation. If that _is_ the pattern, then I really hope it doesn't take the %40+ death toll that the 30-years-war inflicted on Central Europe.