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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

newmexicoflyfisher.bsky.social @newmexicoflyfisher.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I have read history almost àll my life, I used to wonder how people like Lon Nol could be president of Cambodia and now I am waiting for Trump to launch the Chenla 3 operation to invade Oman.

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Ain'T That The Truth Dougie Cousins

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4gabriel.bsky.social @4gabriel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Tis a torment

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Platinum~☆ @platinumque.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

more than knowledge we need experience. the political system has been so inwardly recursive that the ability to even get ones feet wet, proverbially speaking, has completely eroded for an average citizen. access is a drug and politics has become a cabal to protect the addiction to it.

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profmark6945 @profmark6945.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

All we learn from history is that we never learn from history. George Bernard Shaw

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kathleenwa6180.bsky.social @kathleenwa6180.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The Cassandras of our times 😔

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cmikeyfri 🖇️✊ @cmikeyfri.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Indeed. It also encourages empathy and sympathy for Cassandra. 🤔 Though it's more about frustration and aggravation than helplessness, for me anyway. Gotta do what you can when you can with what you got. 🖇✊️

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ratchetology.bsky.social @ratchetology.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

and some study history with the intention of repeating it

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deemidnight.bsky.social @deemidnight.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Perfect

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M E Moran @magdamoran.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

So true

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SL Jones @su-lin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Truth 💣!

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dwheron.bsky.social @dwheron.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

not helpless

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Carl Manaster @carlmanaster.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Those who remember that "those who forget the lessons of history are doomed to repeat it" are doomed to repeat it.

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Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Some people study history intent on repeating it.

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Pfeifferpack aka Kathleen Pfeiffer @pfeifferpack.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

And often scream into the void

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Drew Warned You @druidscircle.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Except none of us are helpless in this. They just want you to think you are

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nativeson13.bsky.social @nativeson13.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

In our school district,red of course,no teaching about the true history of the holocaust. My grandson is a teen going in to his junior year.He thought,Saving Private Ryan and the like was just Hollywood

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outspoken1net.bsky.social @outspoken1net.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Captures all my conversations with friends/clients!

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BlancheNoE @blanchenoe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

*sigh* It's (not) funny because it's true. 😔

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ahippogryph.bsky.social @ahippogryph.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This, just this. And no matter how much you explain, how many examples you show, they are always sure, "that won't happen THIS time" 🤯🤯🤯

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Notarobot @neverarobot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“We have noted that corruption appears to visit the White House in fifty-year cycles. This suggests that exposure and retribution inoculate the Presidency against its latent criminal impulses for about half a century. 1/2

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MJ @mjaniac.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Sure feels that way

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Afat Hairyape @hairyloon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I've not seen that one for a while...

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phxchill.bsky.social @phxchill.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

What about all the mostly military people? They study wars, military engagement, political atmospheres, and everything about how situations developed. You can't tell me they don't know history. Yet here we are. That statement has never made sense to me.

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cb-2025.bsky.social @cb-2025.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Seems so

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WgwWvf @jenwen2011.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

😄😄😄🫣😖

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MrMirth @mrmirth.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I would say, 'whilst enough people vote for it'.

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kuberpieters @teveel.online · 17/08/2026

Then don't stand by helplessly

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Damon Bernstein @damonkb54.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Me thinks the producers of the 2026 movie, Nuremberg, had the goal of conveying that second thought.

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Rowan S @emmesan88.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

😱‼️

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mnlib69.bsky.social @mnlib69.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Ain’t that the truth. 😞🚩🚩🚩

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joiksinger.bsky.social @joiksinger.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

They are also doomed to working for minimum wage…..

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carlglo.bsky.social @carlglo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We’re watching in real time thanks to coward republicans!

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Wait, what?! @whyisthat.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Coz we can't fix stupid?

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Minutello @minutello1.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I'm not standing by, I'm yelling it every day.

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robertjeff57-58.bsky.social @robertjeff57-58.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Great points

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kmortimer.bsky.social @kmortimer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Ain't that the truth !

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call-the-medic.bsky.social @call-the-medic.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

There are also those that read history, learn from it...and then put all the wrong lessons into action...deliberately.

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Frank [REDACTED] @agedtitan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Truth

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Manimal @sammyhagarisgreat.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Dude you're talented! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cit...

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Diedrich Bader | Talking Voices (Part 1)

YouTube video by Verité Entertainment

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Peggy from PA @peggyfrompa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

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Im Sad

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John Connor (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🚲🏙️ @therealjohnconnor.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Sounds like we need a different approach. Something revolutionary, perhaps.

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democracy4u.bsky.social @democracy4u.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Is HUMANITY on the way out?

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mamasus50.bsky.social @mamasus50.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

💯 + 💔

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crowsfeet99.bsky.social @crowsfeet99.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Silence and inaction are not options.

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Sean Cielo @seancielo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

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Bill J @billxrefugee.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Heather Cox Richardson has an excellent historical perspective today.

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Indeterminate Sky Loaf @amicableadvocate.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

History majors don't tend to inherit much influence.

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ZeBitanBeetul @jaketheheartache.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I've heard that around a half of American adults don't read at 8th grade level. Literally half of the voting population can't read books like 1984 or 451 Farenheit, let alone Marx or any books about philosophy/politics/history. And then you, guys, are suprised why Trump won?

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Cam Newton @notwenrandr.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

👍

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pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It's still better to study history!

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Cheri A 🇺🇲💐🌹🌺 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @coldwomaninmn.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This is exactly how I feel it's going.

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laart20 @laart20.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Ummm no.

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omajay.bsky.social @omajay.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Exactly how I feel

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Cinders @suzannedspain.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Ugh

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David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

First time as tragedy, second time as farce, etc., etc., etc.

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Sir KicksALot @andromeda.eurosky.social · 17/08/2026

They don't have to stand, they could sit. Or DO SOMETHING useful!

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SpikeyFloof🦋🥃🐸 @rebelspikeyfloof.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

On point…

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Gah

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Geenie1234@bluesky.com @geenie1234.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🤣

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Billie @billieo2.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We all need to stand by progressive politicians. The old guard has been compromised.

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carolblakemontana.bsky.social @carolblakemontana.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Right on!

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SurelyUCantBSerious @surelyucantbser.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Santayana left that last part out

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Penney Esq. FBPE. Easygoing, but I mind more as I get older @iidomind.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

History repeats itself... It has to, nobody listens first time!

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cabadiah.bsky.social @cabadiah.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Also some of those that do study history are doomed to convince themselves that we need to try it again. I don't think simply being exposed to history is enough for a lot of people when they're free to come to their own ignorant conclusions and conspiracies of it.

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Everlast2 @everlast2.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

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StuffbyStef🐚🌊🪸✍🏻🌈🚫👑 @stephaniebumpus.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

And others do learn from history solely in order to repeat it but without the “mistakes” they think the past maniacs made that crumpled the movement.

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Russ Copeland @rcopelander.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🤣So true

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Jordan @jordanwhistler.info · 17/08/2026

The rest of us just want a small piece of land to grow food and chickens on in peace

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Ghosha @freedomtoo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

and to listen to people say "it won't happen here" or "it can't happen again"

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Akira WolfCat @akirawolfcat.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Truth!!!

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dr-ann1953 @dr-ann1953.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Too true.

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Debs Girl💙🌊Save 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇹🇼 @olepal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It’s extremely frustrating. If people just would read about history, so much would be avoided.

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Anon Y. Mouse @anon-y-mouse.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Ain’t this the truth.

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katherinetsurugi.bsky.social @katherinetsurugi.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The trick is to get everyone to study history

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The Ghost of Mark Twain @ghostofmarktwain.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We are still a democracy and our VOTE has power

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dollyz.bsky.social @dollyz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

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Discordian (hail Eris, not the app) @serene-chaos.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I always wondered if this cartoonist drew these guys to look like Kropotkin and Trotsky on purpose

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Aggy X @aggyoverdrive.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I feel this. Its not a grand feeling.

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mleawj.bsky.social @mleawj.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Looks that way

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upchuck66.bsky.social @upchuck66.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

So true!

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Aura 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇹🇼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @aura-olympian.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I think it bears mention that the average citizen in a democratic country anywhere in the world COULD protest this country and call whoever represents them in their legislatures and petition a leader - such as Sheinbaum - to take more decisive actions and punish 🇺🇸 for what Trump is doing and the GOP

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pipeorgan75.bsky.social @pipeorgan75.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We could learn from history but the US continues to participate in wars.

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TheBaroness 🍈 @thebaroness.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The only reason to deny history is to repeat it.

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JamieK @fodder-figure.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

i'd vote more for exasperated vs doomed to stand by ...

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ASTRONAUTICAL @starwards.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Those who've studied history also know:

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StupendousMan @stupendousman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

That's among my favorites. I often follow with this one of a more serious nature.

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Political geek 🌊💙🇺🇦🇨🇦 @politicalgeek.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

And then tries to erase it and replace it with their own fascist white christian nationalist nazi bullshittery.

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yimmysue.bsky.social @yimmysue.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

not everyone. non-Americans are better at not putting up with much bullshit.

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Rob G @fantailedcat.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This one hits pretty hard.

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Greg Hill @greg-hill.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I have been a student of history for over 60 years. The greatest lesson of history seems to be that most people never learn any lessons from history, and keep making the same mistakes over and over.

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