On history and our allergy to it

[nadinbrzezinski]

It is amazing to me how many folks in this country cannot see the parallels to the 1930s and how relevant that period in US History is.

History has a pattern to it, and one of those patterns in US history is that liberals and conservatives follow each other onto power like clockwork, in what are actually peaceful revolutions. This also means that people don't realize the first dictum of US Politics, just because a politiico did NOT run on an item, does not matter what, it does not mean they will not enact it

The New Deal is the best example of that

The corollary to this is just because I ran on something, does not mean I will carry it out... see Nixon and pull out from the Nam. Remember that secret plan? There you go.

This pattern also means that the country will take a swing to the left... not the center... whatever the center is. And if the current leaders don't follow the country to these progressive politics, the country will still go there. And it will take the path needed, history 101. And in revolutionary times, we are in the midst of them, things that might not been acceptable five years, even two years before, become the norm.

Enjoy the ride... and try to learn from it.

I accept that most americans think they live in a unique point in history, isolated from what a French Historian once called the Grand Duree. We are in a long cycle, starting probably in 1776... if not earlier, with the age of reason. It may be coming to an end, but we are part of a cycle... and KNOWING how things went in the past, will help you understand what is going on now.

That is all.