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Well stated

(Applauds in 19thC historian) 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

👆💯Learn from history so we don’t repeat the same mistakes again.

I am so in.

If only history’s lessons were heeded. I look at what Israel has done to Gaza & the Palestinians, and it makes me cringe that of all of people of the world who’d engage in genocide, it would be the Jews after what’s happened to them in their history; one would think they’d certainly know better.

Let's be clear, history isn't there 'for' anything. History is not a person or an organisation - it has no agenda. So history can be liked, loathed, offensive or a source of learning or even entertainment. Sorry, but I see posts like this and the lack of clarity makes them meaningless.

RepubliKKKlans really hate to be reminded of their racism and sedition.

This corrupt admin totally ignores history & tradition. Like German Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebells, they tell us what they want us to know & repeat it over & over. That becomes truth for the ignorant & unenlightened fools among us. That's why we are where we are at now.

Some world leaders don't like history and rewrite it to their taste. Or you simply leave out certain facts. The invention of the plane for example: everybody knows the Wright brothers in 1903. However, French Clément Ader in 1890 flew 50 meters with a steam engine powered plane but crashed.

telling half the story is as good as a lie, maybe more effective than a lie in it's deceit. Who decides what "history" is, who benefits from which version is taught? Fiction is more honest than history these days.

Meh, history - like anything - is to be questioned and subjected to critical thinking. As Virginia Woolf said: "For most of history, Anonymous was a woman". Or, I might add, a man claiming her achievement as his own.

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” -- George Santayana, 1905 "Those who CHOOSE not to remember the past WANT to repeat it." -- George Santayana, 2026, probably

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Truth always is brilliant.

Agreed. History isn’t about liking it or not. It’s about what happened. The circumstances leading to it, the aftermath, and everything in between, which is the real quagmire. I love history!