Video & Multimedia
In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: Dick Attacks Obama Over Defense Cuts [View all]Diclotican
(5,095 posts)eppur_se_muova
History is kind of a hobby for me - and I might be somewhat colored by the fact I'm european and living in Europe - and I know a few things about history basically
Many things happened between the US american revolution - and WW1 where US for the first time for real got involved into european politic again - before that, US was a long way from Europe - and maybe not so interested in what was happening in Europe either... And it looks like it is still the case for many americans... SO I guess it is a reason why americans do not learn to much about it in school....
History is interesting - specially now as it is far more than years and kings who is the important thing to remember - the fact is, that you can learn a lot from the past - for what you should do in the future - and it looks like the US in many cases, would have to learn the same things that Europe did in the 1800s - where the treat of revolution was right under the crust for almost a century.. The country's who was able to reform - survived - the ones who did not ended up in a revolution... Like most of the central-european powers - who by the end of WW1 ended up in revolutions where the ancient regime was falling apart - and new regimes had to start the difficult task of rebuilding the world who was devastated by the war... No easy task... Just read some history from that time...
Europe of today - is the result of the experiences of World War One - World War two - the cold war - and the aftermath of the cold war.. No easy way to explain how the future of europe would be - but it will not be a easy task to reconcile all parts of this continent - as many parts of it, either hate the other parts - or is afraid of it... And then we also have what I call "tribal issues" who today is between nations.. Specially in the eastern part of Europe - it is a lotof "tribal issues" who still are not resolved - borders who is between nations who might not be in agreement about where the borders should be.....
Diclotican