As time and generations slide by, it becomes less and less “Important” to teach about the horrors that have been wrought upon mankind by those acting in the name of “Socialism”.
Other things begin to take priority, with buzzwords like “Diversity”, or “Emotional Equality”. “Learning Outcomes” become more important than performance grades.
It’s always up to the previous generations to teach the ones coming up the mistakes of the past, but sometimes, it takes a good kick in the ass to drive that message home. And often, that lesson can come at great cost.
Those of us old enough to remember the Carter Years already knew what was coming if Hillary OR Obama got elected with a radical Democrat-run Congress. Some of us prepared for it. The causes for it have been well-documented over the years on FR, as are the warnings.
Many will have to learn the hard way, yet again, that Darwin can be a real biatch, and that feel-good policy anecdotes, and empty rhetoric about “HOPE!” and “CHANGE” do not feed a hungry family.
In many ways, that is OUR FAULT. We may have taught OUR children, but who was teaching everyone else’s??
Excellent post, and you are so right.
“Those of us old enough to remember the Carter Years...”
I think that is key to your post. I’ve been warning young ones about the coming Carter on steroids years, but they don’t get it. You and I lived through it, but even though that is so, many won’t believe what we’ve said about it.
“We may have taught OUR children, but who was teaching everyone else’s??”
That has gobsmacked me...I can’t understand why other parents haven’t taught their children these lessons.
However, why is that OUR fault?
I suspect there are young ones here who have no idea what they are in for.
Nonsense. Hillary! was clearly the lesser of two evils. So many people hate her that she would never had the presidential "honeymoon". Do not forget the campaign promise in 1996 that we would get to see the "real Algore and Hillary!" during a 2nd Clinton term. It vanished into the memory hole with all the Clinton scandals, but so also did much of his "mandate".
Rush knew exactly what he was doing with his Operation Chaos. It was a win-win situation.
A President Hillary! would be facing the same kind of opposition that is occurring now, except that it would be from people much more hardened in their opposition to her personally and she wouldn't have nearly as strong of a political base as this current administration appears to have.
“In many ways, that is OUR FAULT. We may have taught OUR children, but who was teaching everyone else’s??”
The hippies