If you could erase an event, invention or institution from history / the world, what would it be?

[Junglistmass]

I’m still pondering, but probably for me it would be to rid us of social media.

I’d also love for there to be no ‘beauty industry’ and corporations making money out of our perceived (invented!) imperfections.

the internet

Brexit

Social media. All of them. I no longer have any but thinking how many thousands of hours wasted on them over the years makes me shudder... i also dread my kids wanting them soon...

Hitler being born feels like a good one to get rid of

The Internet, hands down. I’d get rid of the fucking thing in a heartbeat.

Is terrorism too broad? If so 9/11 as I think it really brought it into our everyday life’s

Not the internet as if used correctly it can an asset to life. But definitely social media,

Gunpowder.

The NHS.
I like the Internet.

Religion and politics.
Ok it's two but the bloody things go hand in hand for causing chaos around the world.

The atomic bomb

The internet other than for straight emails and information dissemination. Porn, shopping (other than food) and social media can go in the bin

My first thought was World War 1 - so much that's gone wrong started with that. But on reflection I might go for the internal combustion engine. I'm trying to think of what would make the most difference to the greatest disaster caused by humans, which is climate change.

The Internet.

Whatever even gave us our intelligence.

Male violence towards women. I think it's akin to the effects of terrorism, so much so we almost can't imagine a world without it. There is each individual act with its individual female victim, but all of those acts cumulatively affect all women as a population, even if they don't suffer direct violence themselves.

Social media. I can see how the internet in general can be used for good, but with social media the bad far outweighs the good, in my opinion.

This.

The NHS as in free medical care for all according to need?

Do you want to go back to treatment being based on ability to pay?

Religion, absolutely.

This one.

The Holocaust.

Religion. Women had more equality in the world before its existence.

unfettered access to the internet in any way shape or form.

The internet revolution will be studied in history as we have studied the Industrial Revolution.

I despair

Social media