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OpenStars@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• PrimeMinisterKeyes@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
  Those who do are doomed to watch on helplessly as everybody else repeats it.

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  • bamfic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And those who try to prevent the teaching of history intend to repeat it

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    • sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Well said

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      • bamfic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Not my words, it’s another cliche to add to the other ones in the thread. Just as true tho

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    • OpenStars@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Not always, sometimes they are merely useful idiots who legitimately do not know. Which makes them all the more dangerous bc they don’t come across as supporting Nazis, and they don’t even realize themselves what agenda they are furthering.

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  • OpenStars@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And due to such things as gerrymandering, we all get to share in the outcome.

    Another thing that “they” say:

    A stitch in time saves nine

    It is not for me to judge exactly, who was not quite there, but very little of what has been done has been performed in secret. People have been watching, and yes even warning us, every step of the way. Now, people are shocked, Shocked I say, SHOCKED, but… we should not be. We all knew, or at least were warned, about the consequences, we simply chose to ignore it all.

    e.g. Brexit looks to be something that can never be undone - as in even if it were technically to be done, the UK will never hold such a place of prominence again. It will fade into obscurity, eventually counting itself lucky to join the EU on whatever terms the latter will choose to dictate at that time.

    And the USA looks likely to not survive to see that happen - in its current form at least. Assuming that Trump loses the upcoming election, which seems still roughly 50% at this juncture, the Supreme Court shenanigans, the absolute, I mean near-total brokenness of Congress, and the very next election in little more than 4 years time still await. And this time, whoever sits atop the Executive Branch will have the legal authority to assassinate all of their political rivals. Like Brexit, this is by no means over and done, and we can still go so much lower from here.:-(

    Which might not be such a bad thing after all, to replace a broken system with a better one, but I do worry about this transition period.

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