"Forget the Past" Works Great After a Failed Relationship, But Not When Considering the Nature of Man and Government

The story of the Czech transition to communism in 1948 is striking. We assume it cannot happen here ... Bill Ayers and his colleagues have been rewriting history, erasing western culture, and indoctrinating youth through the universities for years. Somehow, even "educated" people no longer associate socialism / communism with government power, failed central planning, secret surveillance, gulags, and mass death and deprivation. This excellent article address the danger of forgetting history.

https://quillette.com/2019/03/31/historical-amnesia-and-kunderas-resistance/