Good point. People do forget. They get caught up in being prosperous, and forget those people and ideas that allowed their prosperity. It does seem though, that we are seeing an awakening.
Yep, and that gives me hope. Unfortunately I see only one means historically that has acheived freedom from this level of tyrrany and despotism, and I think it was Jefferson who outlined the refreshing of the Tree of Liberty, and I don’t think it was meant as a metaphorical allusion.