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Oh ok. I was thinking patterns have occurred throughout history and that we could learn to identify those patterns to avoid repeating history. But good point,

Oh ok. I was thinking patterns have occurred throughout history and that we could learn to identify those patterns to avoid repeating history. But good point, no two times in history are completely identical so we shouldn’t bother.

otterley 5y ago
Of course we can learn from history. But deep and thoughtful analysis is important. The time to freak out would be when there’s a serious threat to our constitutions or laws that would enable criminal punishment for holding controversial opinions. And we just don’t see that on the horizon yet.
- emerged 5y ago
  The seeds have been sowed into the youth through media, technology and educational systems for years now. Do you think it stops there?
  - otterley 5y ago
    Until we see otherwise, yes.
Apocryphon 5y ago
What we shouldn’t bother with is making facile and insipid comparisons that disservices both modernity and history.