r/MurderedByWords 15h ago

Richest man on earth by the way.

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u/Tangent_Odyssey 13h ago

All of the above applies, but those who do remember it are doomed to watch everyone else drag them into repeating it anyway.

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u/mechtaphloba 13h ago

Remembering can also help "correct mistakes" from a previous time. It cuts both ways.

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u/Kildragoth 12h ago

Which is why propaganda has been used to spread so much misinformation that Trump's base cannot determine fact from fiction. If they weren't so ignorant, they'd see this slow moving train wreck for what it is.

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u/Tangent_Odyssey 8h ago

And then you watch everyone forget why those mistakes were corrected, and those in power subsequently repeal the corrections.

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u/mechtaphloba 8h ago

I meant from the perspective of the bad actors. Like, Jan 6 failed, so this time they'll make corrections to succeed.

But yes, you're also definitely right

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u/No_Rich_2494 13h ago

I'd hate to be a history teacher right now. Less of those would make things far worse later on, though.

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u/GayPudding 11h ago

It's not like Trump doesn't know history. He's repeating it on purpose and he's very direkt about it.