Understanding History Wouldn’t Have Helped Here
In addition to what Spinoza said here, we have Hegel’s clever remark that “the only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.”
Regardless, what we’re running into here and now in the United States is unprecedented in American history, which means that even a robust understanding of history would be of no help whatsoever. Since the country was established in 1776, there have been exactly zero attempts to overthrow the federal government–until now, of course.
Here we have a former president inventing lies about the validity of an election in an illegal attempt to remain in power. We might think that effort failed, but it may be too early to make that claim.
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In response to the meme here, Eddy Oriente Balzola writes: 
I haven’t spent a dime in a Home Depot in decades.
This from writer/journalist Jake Sherman.
Here, Frederick Douglass provides us one of the best justifications for investment in quality education.
The author of the meme here makes a good point.
The thought expressed here represents a serious challenge for humankind, and it’s precisely the mechanism that keeps Trumpism so firmly rooted in place. The MAGA crowd is organized in lockstep around the principles of hate, violence, and exclusion.
A reader notes: Bravo! Hats off to Alberta Canada for standing up against the climate change insanity being foisted on them by their federal government.
