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Re:The journey to save the last known 43-inch Sony CRT by Loughla on Monday December 23, 2024 @06:15PM (#42498366)
Alternate theory, both are true.

Western societies took advantage of multiple other societies to plunder their treasures. Those same societies didn't have the infrastructure and/or care to preserve these things themselves.

Sometimes two things can be true.

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Re:The journey to save the last known 43-inch Sony CRT by throwawaysleep on Monday December 23, 2024 @06:20PM (#42498394)
If they do not care about them, they are not "treasures" by the standards of those cultures but rather "waste."
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Re:The journey to save the last known 43-inch Sony CRT by HeWhoLurksLate on Monday December 23, 2024 @08:17PM (#42498932)
Not necessarily true- the majority of people don't know about 3-2-1 backup strategy and I've seen hundreds of "help! my { phone | SD card | computer } died and I lost all my family photos" posts
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