I don’t live in the past either, but I do study it. The current faddish trend is for every generation to be so self-absorbed as to think they are smarter than all the previous generations. How’s that working out?
I understand knowing the past, but as someone previously posted it is difficult to find a balanced perspective to something that was a complex event.
I tend to accept my ancestors "biases" over what I read in print now. History texts nearer to the actual event are probably more accurate, but have to be filtered for biases.
I have a copy of "The Great Conspiracy" it's origins & history .. by John A. Logan copyright 1886 that I found interesting. It has been many years since I read it.
I agree, and it is not working.