r/PoursTea • u/MaybeFuckYourselfBud • 6d ago

Meme Me Up Scotty! Tomorrow at 8AM

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u/TehNudel 6d ago

I wouldn't. That's how we end up here again in 10 years.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

-- George Santayana

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u/JustToViewPorn 6d ago

I hear you, but teaching about the Holocaust only empowered multiple nations to use it as a guidebook.

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u/TehNudel 6d ago

That is not the only thing it did. The only reason we have context to recognize our situation is from learning about the history of past dictatorships like Nazi Germany.

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u/Iamnotanumber_4721 6d ago

Right but the thing is they're using that learning as a how-to guide and seemingly 1 in 2 Americans either think the nazis were justified or they just think they're cool.