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I agree.
But what I'm wondering is not whether we can or should learn anything.
But whether we *have*.
I'm somewhat encouraged by the results of the last election. But I get the impression that people just aren't making the right connections. They voted for the wrong reasons, and are not willing to make the necessary sacrifices.
Lets face it.. we *have* repeated the mistakes of the past. It has the feeling of inevitability now, like massive things that were set in motion decades ago and can't easily be turned.
I should have woken up to it sooner. A lot of people will be saying that, in a few years.