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Reggie VanderVeen's avatar

Sarah even got the bastardization of Santayana's famous quote perfectly. I wouldnt expect Prof. Emily Oster to say it any other way: incorrectly, of course.

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905.

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Lillia Gajewski's avatar

I don't follow Emily Oster, but I think you nailed her. Nice job.

And it's not really those who forget history who are doomed to repeat it. It's those who fail to *understand* history who are doomed to repeat it. "Pandemic amnesty" virtually guarantees that none of worst offenders will be forced to understand and reckon with history, meaning the damage their illogical, non-scientific, ego-driven dictates caused. That is why if the rest of us don't want to suffer the same thing over again, we will never let them forget it.

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