> ideally nobody has living memory of the last [...] Funny, I would have said the exact opposite. If people forget how bad things were, they seem more likely t

> ideally nobody has living memory of the last [...] Funny, I would have said the exact opposite. If people forget how bad things were, they seem more likely to repeat them. Nazism, for one. And the rise in antivax sentiment - people today have never come across an iron lung, which is a testament to medical technology, but it means some silly opinions get way more traction than they should. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" - George Santayana