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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe, as a species, violate this - "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
Remarkable quote by George Santayana
It is why we as a culture, people, species spiral around and around and make the same mistakes over and over.
It defines the trump so-called presidency (illegal, and hacked of course). It certainly defines conservatives and republicans these days.
All of the trump putin bullshit reminds me so much of the quote.
hlthe2b
(102,231 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)in my former corporate life in big pharma, all I observed was people repeating the same mistakes over and over and expecting different results. I did years of Lean Sigma training - to audiences I knew would never really adapt to using the methods to improve their processes.
So frustrating. As a gardener, I strive to learn from each season and make little improvements each year. So far so good - been doing it for over 30 years!
Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)how certain people on the far left repeated the same mistake they made in 2000 again in 16.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)Hillary won the popular vote big. My belief is she won the electoral vote as well (if the hacking hadn't occurred).
I was an early Bernie supporter and vigorously voted for Hillary - as did all I knew who were in the same boat. There are bigger fish to fry.
Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)in Penn., Wisconsin and Michigan and she would be President today.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,407 posts)Those who DO remember the past have to stand by helplessly and watch OTHER people around them repeat it.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,407 posts)same dynamic plagues humanity now and probably forever.
Timmygoat
(779 posts)That Putin follows all of the US news. I Trump does not say a work about the 12 russians named by Mueller as meddling in our election, then Putin knows how weak Trump is!
But I am sure he already knew. I would love to see what Putin has on Trump.
bdamomma
(63,837 posts)sanctions to be dissolved and tRump is stupid enough to end the sanctions. We all know Putin owns tRump.
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)The problem isn't that people don't understand that quote. It's that they think they're unique. That they're a special circumstance. That the bad things that happened to other people can't happen to them.