“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”–George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905.
“What history teaches is that men have never learned anything from it.” — Hegel
Movies and television programs in the 1960s had us thinking that by the year 2000 we would be living a futuristic Jetsons lifestyle. Although there has been technological progress, we have regressed as a society as we refuse to learn from history and ignore the warning signs that threaten life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and democracy the Constitution intended.
Spanish Flu 1918 & Coronavirus 2019
2020 has dealt us a horrible reminder that history will repeat itself. COVID19 is a new pandemic, yet the U.S. government and Trump’s response is exactly the same as Woodrow Wilson’s response to the Spanish Flu of 1918.
American Fascism 1940 & America First 2016
