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Mussolini and Napoleon also liked to look back at the past.
by justincormack 10y ago
Mussolini and Napoleon also liked to look back at the past.
- internaut 10y agoI didn't say it was always a good idea. ISIS looks to the past too! I've already made the point on HN that Britain's successful attempt to recover a glorious past (Roman Empire) and Hitler's unsuccessful attempt to do the same thing should be held as comparable. Their motives were identical. I realize such a comparison may seem despicable but we've got to deal with the fact that all ideas come from somewhere, and let us face it, it is not as if Hitler was an original thinker. He saw it worked for the British and attempted to replicate. Obviously I'm not implying the British went to the lengths of the Nazis.
- internaut 10y agoI should also note that the Steampunk fashion or lifestyle is also derived from a similar instinct. Compare and contrast Steampunk with Environmentalism. One is about the past and is highly exuberant. The other says to schoolchildren we're going to hell unless we use CFL lightbulbs and separate our organic from inorganic waste properly. One of these views is impoverished! I too long for the return of pneumatic tubes for waste disposal. Whooosh! And gone. It always seemed like the future to me.