"History, by apprising [citizens] of the past, will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations; it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men; it will enable them to know ambition under every disguise it may assume; and knowing it, to defeat its views." --Thomas Jefferson
And what better way to keep children nice and ignorant, than teaching "social studies" in schools?
History shows us the errors of humanity's ways. It's a time-spanning "What Not To Do" course, for all of us. Making the right decisions in life, and drawing the correct conclusions about where our country is heading and should be going, is a daunting task without at least a decent grasp of the history of our nation, and the world around us. In fact, it's kinda like a one-legged man trying to win a butt-kicking contest.
All is vanity.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. --George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Volume 1, 1905
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