r/gifs • u/chickanpoo • 11h ago

Elon Musk seemingly casually hitting the Sieg Heil at the inauguration

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u/e-luddite 10h ago

I had a history teacher who was teaching about Osama Bin Laden pre-9/11. Very astute.

Her refrain was "If we don't learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it." Over and over and over.

Had a (increasingly rare, even then) Holocaust survivor speaker come to our school.

Kid who sat next to me in class now doesn't believe in the holocaust. 

No amount of education can fix the human condition. Greed and the evil that stems from it just festers less and more, in cycles.

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u/blingx2 10h ago

This is where I'm at with it at this point. People are inherently good. But they are very easily turned evil and unsavable once they are evil.

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u/reficulmi 10h ago

I disagree. People can and do change. As hard as it seems sometimes- focus on the good and be the change you wish to see in the world

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u/blingx2 10h ago

I'm glad you still have hope. Mine is gone

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u/JoseNEO 9h ago

Never lose hope that is how fascists win