Every generation learns anew, so that is one of the reasons why this occurs. At best you have a mentor who is at max 100 years old. Books can be informative, b

Every generation learns anew, so that is one of the reasons why this occurs. At best you have a mentor who is at max 100 years old. Books can be informative, but it is no substitute for people actually being part of history. Especially if you frame it in the lens of power dynamics and the ownership of wealth. Those in power are connected to those with wealth and their ethics and politics determine to a great extend what happens.