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Abdulhoo

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Interesting read comparing 1966 to 2016...


by Victor Davis Hansen. I remember some years ago someone was bemoning how peaceful the past was compared to today. I mildly protested at the time. VDH has a very interesting comparison:

America and the rest of the world have made enormous progress in technology, science, and social relations. But beneath the veneer of 2016, human nature remains the same, and life often operates on principles similar to those from a half-century ago — and even before that.

We assume that life in 1900 was unrecognizable in comparison to the modern world of 1950. It was, or was not, in the same way that 1966 is both like and unlike 2016.

That persistent continuity of the human experience is why studying history remains about the only way to understand who we were, are, and will be.

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Posted: 09/05/2016 at 5:15PM


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  Interesting read comparing 1966 to 2016... -- Abdulhoo 09/05/2016 5:15PM
  Must confess, this does not make me want to read anything else.. -- hoolstoptheheels 09/06/2016 09:34AM
  The past is a foreign country -- DanTheFan 09/05/2016 6:08PM
  Yeah, agree. Yes human strengths and frailities have not -- 111Balz 09/05/2016 9:01PM
  Balz, we're getting old. -- DanTheFan 09/05/2016 9:46PM
  Even the Jordan River's got bodies floatin' ** -- 111Balz 09/06/2016 07:00AM
  You lost me at "President Hillary Clinton" ** -- WAH00WA 09/05/2016 6:39PM
  Stick around for a few months -- you'll be hearing it a lot more. ** -- WahooRQ 09/05/2016 9:35PM
  Assuming she can be wheeled chaired to the -- Wahoo Ron 09/05/2016 10:44PM
  She must have been turned down for admission at UVA.** -- Hoogle.com 09/05/2016 7:55PM
  At that time, any woman would have been. ** -- HowieT3 09/05/2016 10:16PM
  And todays popular music ** -- Wahoo Ron 09/05/2016 7:09PM
  I think that you're agreeing with one of Hanson's points... -- Abdulhoo 09/05/2016 6:31PM
  Women didn't want equality before air conditioning. ** -- Hokieesith 09/05/2016 6:11PM
  Feels like 1966 on this message board sometimes ** -- Toolie92 09/05/2016 7:00PM
  More like 1861. ** -- WahooRQ 09/05/2016 8:46PM
  Women are so deprived. -- Hokieesith 09/05/2016 9:55PM
  Yeah I bet you're the patriarch of the deep fryer crew. ** -- WahooRQ 09/05/2016 10:00PM
  Want to come to a meeting? -- Hokieesith 09/05/2016 10:10PM
  *Not worth it*** -- WahooRQ 09/05/2016 10:32PM
  I saw your original post. Why change it? Did you make that up? -- Hokieesith 09/05/2016 10:37PM
  Yeah. And I play NBA basketball. ** -- Hokieesith 09/05/2016 10:33PM
  Should have waited two years for comparison to 1968. Bummer year. ** -- Hoogle.com 09/05/2016 5:33PM

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