| The point is one which politicians would be good to learn. That is...to take the time to notice history. The value of memory, of history, is that it provides an opportunity to reflect on the stupidity of human biology. Language, mythology, and eventually literacy are developments in the journey of human history which have allowed us not only to move forward, but have in fact have created in us a subjective consciousness. We are no longer slaves to the immediacy of experience. We have the ability to reflect and to learn; To peel back the layers of human identity. Why then, are we still so stupid? Why do we still utterly fail in learning lessons of the past? Why do we allow our lives to be managed by presidents who have no soul? Peace is really not so hard. It is simply a matter of listening.
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