The Florida Board of Education approved a new set of standards for teaching African American history in the state.

  • @bassomitron
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    41 year ago

    When people say that history is cyclical, they don’t mean that it is literally repeating itself verbatim. They’re referring to human nature/behavior. There’s been numerous cycles in that regard that haven’t varied that drastically. One only needs to even examine the last 150 years and see that we’re once again experiencing a modern version of the Robber Baron Era (in the US at least for this one), the rise of fascism and populism, an increase in xenophobia and demand for isolationism, etc.

    • Boddhisatva
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      31 year ago

      To paraphrase Mark Twain, history does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.

    • @another_lemming
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      21 year ago

      It’s rather go down the spiral, but yep, that what it ususlly means.