Why History Repeats Itself

We Keep Making the Same Mistakes

You don’t need to be a history or political science major to see why history repeats itself.

“We have met the enemy and they are ours.”

— U.S. Navy Master Commandant Oliver Perry during the War of 1812, written in a letter to Major General William Henry Harrison.

Who’s to blame? We are! All of us.

Look around. What do we see?

1. Selfishness: The opposite of unity.
2. Apathy: The opposite of having passion and commitment.
3. Dependency: The opposite of being self-sufficient and intelligent.
4. Faith: What if we lived by one rule? It would be the Golden Rule.

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

Why We Fail to Get Along Historically

Humans love to fight. War is big money. And wealth gaps suck because it drives us into the deadly sin of envy, and worse.

It’s always been this way. Here are six examples of how ancient and more recent societies fell: