“But at the time people don’t realise they’re embarking on a route that will lead to a destruction period. They think they’re right, they’re cheered on by jeering angry mobs, their critics are mocked. This cycle, the one we saw for example from the Treaty of Versaille, to the rise of Hitler, to the Second World War, appears to be happening again. But as with before, most people cannot see it because:
They are only looking at the present, not the past or future
They are only looking immediately around them, not at how events connect globally
Most people don’t read, think, challenge, or hear opposing views”
The history of war says. to be concerned..
“History tells us what may happen next with Brexit & Trump”
https://medium.com/@theonlytoby/history-tells-us-what-will-happen-next-with-brexit-trump-a3fefd154714#.z3m3a3ilj
“But at the time people don’t realise they’re embarking on a route that will lead to a destruction period. They think they’re right, they’re cheered on by jeering angry mobs, their critics are mocked. This cycle, the one we saw for example from the Treaty of Versaille, to the rise of Hitler, to the Second World War, appears to be happening again. But as with before, most people cannot see it because:
They are only looking at the present, not the past or future
They are only looking immediately around them, not at how events connect globally
Most people don’t read, think, challenge, or hear opposing views”