• ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    7
    ·
    10 months ago

    The middle aged are the foundation of our modern culture and societies. At least ones we have very good records of.

    • NielsBohron@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      10 months ago

      Fair, but I just meant “Why are we still fighting the same battles for social justice and cultural progress as they were fighting 50 years ago, 1000 years ago, and 2000 years ago?”

      • UrPartnerInCrime
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        10 months ago

        Because evil happens -> people stop the evil -> people are happy for while -> people start forgetting about how bad it was -> evil starts happening again

        Those that don’t know history are doomed to repeat it

        • NielsBohron@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          5
          ·
          10 months ago

          I think that’s pretty dismissive of the real problem. The real problem is that we (humanity) have a large portion of our population actively working to promote regressive and/or outright oppressive ideologies.

          • UrPartnerInCrime
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            10 months ago

            Because, IMHO, people forgot how bad those regressive tendencies since its been too good for too long unfortunately

          • UrPartnerInCrime
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            2
            ·
            10 months ago

            And how are those people getting more and more people on their side? Not teaching history.

            Book bannings, going against CRT, stuff like that. Makes it easier in the long run at least