Re: A history lesson
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No real solutions one can sink their teeth into.
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I see the problem with the way you viewed the professors quote.
He is a professor of history, he as offered an historical perspective and that is all he has offered. In this essay he has not tried to offer any solutions and in fact offering solutions would dilute the history lesson.
The problem is that many ignore history in assessing the problem. The people in power should understand the history, the people who vote for them should understand the history -- independent of the solutions. The politics would come in who's solution you want to support -- and that is a separate game.
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