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Re:Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summar... by dguest on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @03:54AM (#45666043)
35 years ago South Africa had the apartheid, and now they outrank the US on a The Economist's Democracy Index [1]. So yeah, things move fast.

Nitpick: The US Voting Rights Act became law in 1965 [2], which is more like 60 years ago. Not sure if that's what you were getting at with "basically an apartheid" but it was the closest concrete landmark near your 50 year timeline.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965

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Re:Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summar... by alexitorg on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @05:49AM (#45666821)
Your link shows that South Africa ranks below the US. It is ranked 43rd in the world, vs the USA which is at 28 (in 2024 the latest year).
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Re:Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summar... by dguest on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @01:30PM (#45672401)
good point: I'd fix the post but it's too old. Well hopefully it gets downvoted into oblivion soon.
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Re:Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summar... by incompatible on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @06:34AM (#45667129)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_Unit...

(since posting Wikipedia links seems appropriate.)

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