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The past is the past. Sometimes it is a good predictor of the future, other times people learn the lessons of mistakes, making the past anti-correlated.
by bryanlarsen 1y ago
The past is the past. Sometimes it is a good predictor of the future, other times people learn the lessons of mistakes, making the past anti-correlated.
- nradov 1y agoThe history of China going back millennia is chock full of violent revolutions and civil wars. They don't seem to learn anything from mistakes. I fully expect another one in our lifetimes.
- codedokode 1y agoYou should look at European history for comparison. I don't remember, what did they have, a 100 or 200-year war?
- nradov 1y agoYes, Europeans are equally unable to learn from their mistakes.
- mallowdram 1y agoYou should grasp that China has maintained a civilization through line for 5K years. No other state comes close. The question is how.
- s1artibartfast 1y agoWhat does that even mean and how does it compare to any other place that is inhabited by humans?
- nradov 1y agoCivilization has been maintained in other places such as Egypt for just as long. You can argue about the degree of continuity but the modern nation state of China bears almost no resemblance to what existed on the same territory 5K years ago. So I don't understand what point you're trying to make.