Seth GarfieldHistory matters, not because it repeats itself (which it never does), but because its narration can rid demons that torment the oppressed, shock the complacent and intransigent into self-reflection, and inspire feats of human perseverance and will.
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People often forget that history matters, because it does repeat itself. What is different today is the reasons why history repeats itself. We might think that the same thing could happen again, but what is different now is that people are becoming more educated about what happens in history. They are realizing that what happened before was not all good and that there were many things that happened that should not have happened. The more educated people become about the history of the world, the less they want to watch it repeat itself.
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