Sadly, that’s exactly what happens. Look at our upcoming convicted-felon-in-chief! They take the saying “Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it” to not make things better but to perfect their evil. Like a child who steals blatantly and instead of learning NOT to do that again they learn instead to steal more subtly.
Good assessment of the current predicament we are in. Well, not all of the “we”, just the we’s who didn’t vote for him. The rest of the “we’s” can just suffer along with he rest of us we’s when they realize what a huge (as in Yuge in MAGA terms) mistake they made.
What do you do when the incoming administration is run by people incapable of admitting they made mistakes, and an alleged “opposition” which is run by people incapable of learning from their mistakes? I guess you keep sliding into fascism, because nobody in power is willing to fight against it.
I don’t know about experience, but I honestly believe we’d all be better off if everybody in DC had to take a written exam on the US Constitution. It would certainly thin the ranks on both sides of the aisle.
Experience: n. The wisdom that enables us to recognize as an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. "The Devil’s Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce
gfredrickson85 1 day ago
Unless you just blame it on the implementation. Then the politicians will wait a few decades and try it again
TwilightFaze 1 day ago
Sadly, that’s exactly what happens. Look at our upcoming convicted-felon-in-chief! They take the saying “Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it” to not make things better but to perfect their evil. Like a child who steals blatantly and instead of learning NOT to do that again they learn instead to steal more subtly.
GCAndersen 1 day ago
Good assessment of the current predicament we are in. Well, not all of the “we”, just the we’s who didn’t vote for him. The rest of the “we’s” can just suffer along with he rest of us we’s when they realize what a huge (as in Yuge in MAGA terms) mistake they made.
moondog42 Premium Member 1 day ago
What do you do when the incoming administration is run by people incapable of admitting they made mistakes, and an alleged “opposition” which is run by people incapable of learning from their mistakes? I guess you keep sliding into fascism, because nobody in power is willing to fight against it.
crazeekatlady 1 day ago
And the people who vote for them. Reelecting the people over and over.
Dani Rice 1 day ago
I don’t know about experience, but I honestly believe we’d all be better off if everybody in DC had to take a written exam on the US Constitution. It would certainly thin the ranks on both sides of the aisle.
Billy Yank about 21 hours ago
Experience: n. The wisdom that enables us to recognize as an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. "The Devil’s Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce