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[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Oh yeah, there are Sumerian tablets about exactly this, someone around 4000-5000 years ago wrote:

Our Earth is degenerate in these later days; there are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents; every man wants to write a book and the end of the world is evidently approaching.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago

This is exactly what I would have preferred to cite. Thank you!