▲ 1923 ▼ This Cartoon was Rejected 6 Years ago for being Unfair and Alarmist (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by General_Effort@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 102 comments fedilink hide all child comments By Professor Marc Murphy of the Brandeis School of Law
[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 year ago (1 child) I hope as fuck that everyone who said that eventually realize they were warned, and take some humility into the future Maybe, maybe, break Cassandra's curse. At least for a little bit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yea, and then they’ll say “never forget” and build a monument and a museum. And then everyone forgets 2 generations later. Just look at Israel, the families there still materially experience the lingering effects of genocide yet they continue to perpetrate another one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago That is the unfortunate reality of it. I wish I could say that I hope it will be different this time but.. About the one hope I have is that during the next iteration we overhaul society's systems to so solidly work for the average person that it helps counteract this cycle, but it's hard to stay optimistic for sure permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yea, and then they’ll say “never forget” and build a monument and a museum. And then everyone forgets 2 generations later. Just look at Israel, the families there still materially experience the lingering effects of genocide yet they continue to perpetrate another one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago That is the unfortunate reality of it. I wish I could say that I hope it will be different this time but.. About the one hope I have is that during the next iteration we overhaul society's systems to so solidly work for the average person that it helps counteract this cycle, but it's hard to stay optimistic for sure permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago That is the unfortunate reality of it. I wish I could say that I hope it will be different this time but.. About the one hope I have is that during the next iteration we overhaul society's systems to so solidly work for the average person that it helps counteract this cycle, but it's hard to stay optimistic for sure permalink fedilink source parent
