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In reply to the discussion: Neil deGrasse Tyson on the popularity of dictatorships [View all]Novara
(5,866 posts)29. The way I see it, people are too arrogant to learn
They think they know everything. It takes self-awareness and humility to admit you can learn something from history, so they don't even bother.
REAL history doesn't seem to be taught in schools these days. And by real history I mean history that makes us uncomfortable: slavery, the Holocaust, the way America has fucked native Americans are examples. How can you learn from mistakes if you're not aware of them? It's exactly why the racist GOP wants to eliminate history in schools. They WANT to repeat the same mistakes because they don't consider them mistakes. Hell, if they could teach slavery as a celebration, they surely would.
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Yes but there is so much intriguing history, battle strategy and romance as well.
Irish_Dem
Aug 2022
#45
Read Robert Pirsig's works (MOQ) to get one explanation. Biological Quality has been unleashed again
Tommymac
Aug 2022
#34
Democracys are hard to keep alive and need work. Dictatorships are easy... until they are not..nt
mitch96
Aug 2022
#6
Yes. The loss of the WWII Generation--the so-called "Greatest" is going to be the death of democracy
hlthe2b
Aug 2022
#7
Nazis only had 37% vote. Hitler, like Trump, was a bull shitter & promised different to everyone.
uponit7771
Aug 2022
#8
And lest we forget, Hitler (& Mussolini, etc) seized power with "mainstream conservative" connivance
peppertree
Aug 2022
#21
YES !!! Germany's industrialist excuse that "Hitler made us" doesn't pass the smell test of when he
uponit7771
Aug 2022
#36
Short Attention Span Theatre- USA. Not just us though. Philippines comes to mind. 90% Marcos/Duerte
Evolve Dammit
Aug 2022
#15
Dictators are attractive to extremists who think their beliefs are being ignored.
Lonestarblue
Aug 2022
#18
... but they mistakenly think they will be the few thousand elites actually in charge.
keithbvadu2
Aug 2022
#30
No shit! My dad was in a nazi prison camp in Germany after his plane was shot down.
BComplex
Aug 2022
#48
I've wondered the same thing. I'm 70, and it's hard for me to believe how long ago we fought WWII.
Martin68
Aug 2022
#50
They'd also remember DeGrasse Tyson was accused of sexual assault 4x in one year...
NullTuples
Aug 2022
#57