Another thing is that to think about history one has to do more than basic survival, and world's in a bad shape for most people to do more than simply exist.

@corrupt: The reason we as species don't learn from history is because history is many times longer than a lifespan of a single human. Anything at that scale is beyond comprehension of most people.

I hope I never become so cynical and say "eff everything, I dont care anymore". But sadly I'm seeing many friends that, even though we share the same values, simply do not want to engage with current events in any way.

I like to believe most people want the same thing (food, health, education, stability, order, etc) and belong to the first group. Desperation is one hell of a drug.

Both groups can do the same thing, but for completely different reasons and with different hearts.

The way I see it: One thing is being misguided. Thinking that doing X would benefit them (at the cost of something they hold dear). Another, different, thing is sincere malice towards others.

Same thing happened in the 1920s. And it most certainly didn't lead to anything good.