Refusing to recognize the lessons of history always leads to catastrophe.
And one of the lessons of history is that every border conflict is not the Sudetenland. Call me back when Putin calls for the elimination of the Jewish race.
History has to be taught with accuracy in order for it’s lessons to reveal themselves.
Catastrophe for whom? One lesson that could be learned from history is that when empires get too large, they collapse, both internally and externally. There is a lot of sentiment to get out from under the EU/globalists/banker/federal over-reach. Those Ukrainian soldiers saying "enough", those everyday people standing with Bundy, votes for freedom in parts of Europe, if that's what collapse looks like, it's a good thing.
Maybe the change that's coming is a good one. I look at Donetsk and say "go for it"....be independent; you stood on your own. I look at Bundy and his family and say "you stood up for all of us". I look at Venice and say "if you can be self-supporting, why shouldn't you be free?" I look at DC and see that it corrupts EVERYONE we send there.
A collapse of global and over-reaching national interests might be catastrophe for those who pull the strings and write the news, but it might be the best thing that could happen for us ordinary folks.
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