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In a democracy, it is important for normal people to understand what our governments have done in the past, in order to know what they may be doing today. Toda
by shubb 9y ago
In a democracy, it is important for normal people to understand what our governments have done in the past, in order to know what they may be doing today.
Today, Venezuela is on fire. The opposition claim this is due to government ineptitude, and the government, at times, claims it is due to foreign interference.
If this sort of thing were going on, even if we agreed with it, our governments could not tell us that they were doing these things, or they would be less effective. So we must study history to understand what may be contributing to events around the world.
It might help us decide how to vote.
Though as demonstrated in the most recent US election, nothing really changes, just the wall paper.
- BatFastard 9y agoI agree its important to know what the government has done in the past. What I disagree with is making all of that available to anyone with access to the internet. I just imagine 11 year old boys trying this stuff out on the school. That is what you learned from the last election? What I learned is that people can be fooled very easily. And that they can not differentiate between a qualified candidate and a pompous narcissist. But that is just my opinion.