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The truly amazing thing is that his words are still relevant today. Isn't it funny how everything is like a spiral? Even though things do move forward the circu
by todayiamme 16y ago
The truly amazing thing is that his words are still relevant today. Isn't it funny how everything is like a spiral? Even though things do move forward the circular motion is a near constant of life.
People keep on talking about the good old days, while deep inside they are afraid that there might not have been any good old days. Perhaps the emotions and struggles that are part and parcel of our existence are identical to those of people long gone. Stripped of all details it looks like to me that we just keep on repeating the same thing over and over again.
That observation aside the more fascinating question is why? Why do we let history repeat itself in torturous detail? Why do we forget the lessons of our past?
- sgk284 16y agoI don't think its a cycle or a spiral so much as a constant. People have always been greedy, wars have always been unnecessarily waged, companies have always abused their power. The only thing that changes are the names of those responsible for it. As for older generations yelling about newer generations, I suspect that's simply "wisdom of age" coupled with "fear of change".