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Originally Posted by WarriorDiplomat

Damn right they absolutely know history

Every generation is the product of previous generations decay compounded there are signs of societal collapse every generation some subtle clues some more pronounced

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From John Adams:

“The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the place of, indeed exclude, in a manner, all other arts. I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain.”

If you take that to the obvious conclusion...the future generations lose the knowledge, skills and abilities to defend the very society that allows them to do the things that they do. Or as we are seeing today, where the very society that allows them to dissent has become the enemy.