well those patterns arise out of the nature of human beings, human culture, and the human condition. for the same reason they happened the first time, they'll happen the second time, and so on. even if i could explain what all of those factors of human culture are that give rise to history, it would probably take several books. i mean you could say 'stupidity' is an answer, but why should the repeaters of history be any more stupid, statistically speaking, than the people wondering why history is being repeated? and stupidity is relative. and hindsight is 20/20.

but yes, if people knew their history better they might ?might? have better perspective and avoid those same pitfalls, but perhaps they don't, in which case one valid answer to the question could be 'because people don't know their history' (just like the adage says, those who don't know history are destined to repeat it), which could be chalked up to 'ignorance' as an answer. and maybe there are even further particular reasons for said ignorance, and maybe that would constitute another book on human psychology..


Answered by ColorStorm
about 2 months ago
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ColorStorm about 2 months ago
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oh, i should be more clear when i say stupidity is relative that i wasnt pointing to it being a subjective assessment but to it being relative to the norm/other