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Thread: British kids are ignorant of the nation's history
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[quote=SETH,327277]George Santayana (NOT Carlos Santana!) said: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Not to understand history is - to be blunt - stupid. The past is prologue. I agree in principle with Dodger, but not entirely, since it is a bit impossible to literally control the past. But understanding the past is key to shaping the future. Also, American kids are not unlike British kids. Hung up with video games and star personality fixation and gossip. I think I worry too much about the future, but looking at the economic mess in the USA today, maybe I'm not worrying enough. And history played a part here too: the Depression was caused by out of control margin practices in buying stocks; today's mess is the result of out of control margin practices in giving mortgage loans to unqualified borrowers - millions of unqualified borrowers![/quote]
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