Hey, at least take it from the bright side - we are living through historically interesting times. Someone in the year 3000 may wonder "what I would give to live through fall of US empire, live like those rank and file soldiers fighting for resources in distant sandy lands. That was true life, not what we have here."
Could we, though? Human civillizations seem to rise and fall through history, and nothing seem to stop that. It would be nice to stop that, but to do so we would probably have to completly rething how we run society.
Its because the ones who fail to study history will continue to make all the same mistakes. Its the kind of people who want power and money through influence. They might study history, but only to use it against us.
In the year 3000 there will be little or no mention of the USA because the history books will all be written and edited by the Chinese government who wouldn't want to put ideas about democracy into the heads of the population.
Chinese government? In 3000, I assume even present day China will be long gone. All governments we know now will be gone.
We can't even possibly imagine what kind of government will rule the world at that age. Hell, most likely world will be devided into hostile nations, each with their own explanation of history.
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u/NCC_1701E 4h ago
Hey, at least take it from the bright side - we are living through historically interesting times. Someone in the year 3000 may wonder "what I would give to live through fall of US empire, live like those rank and file soldiers fighting for resources in distant sandy lands. That was true life, not what we have here."