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SatoshiFun | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 We should break the cycle of young people forgetting what their grandfathers fought and died for and appreciate our freedoms without people dying for it en masse.
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miron | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Well we have not figured that out jet. Look at Europe. No wars for decades and then puff. Who knows maybe we can do better on appreciating past generations.

There is this wonderful park in Oslo, Norway called #Vigeland Sculpture Park.

That is where you can see how difficult and vital are the foundations built by other generations and how we benefit from them.
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SatoshiFun | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I really wish monuments were working as expected but it seems that young generations notice them only when they disagree with the message they are supposed to send and try to get rid of them. We are so inefficient in passing actual experience through the generations or even across the same generation living in different parts of the world. You can read as many history books as you wish, but you will never actually get what it was like to live during a specific event or under a specific regime until you actually live through something similar and appreciate it because of your direct experience. Just like the popularity of the socialist ideas in the West despite all of the warnings, maybe it is time for people there to play with fire and try to tame it.