The way things are going, we won't need to teach "The Gulag Archipelago" or "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" because we'll be living it.
And the really sad thing is that after a civilization is torn down for the Revolution, the government then spends time and treasure trying to rebuild it to what it was before.
"You win 100% of the fights you avoid. If you're not there when it happens, you don't lose." - William Aprill
"I've owned a guitar for 31 years and that sure hasn't made me a musician, let alone an expert. It's made me a guy who owns a guitar."- BBI
O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason.
In free societies, beets are a not entirely welcome food item, especially on school lunch trays. Some people like them, some hate them, and the balance tends to go to more of an indifference.
In gulag, they would be a super special treat, a welcome change from sawdust bread and fishbone gruel.
"You win 100% of the fights you avoid. If you're not there when it happens, you don't lose." - William Aprill
"I've owned a guitar for 31 years and that sure hasn't made me a musician, let alone an expert. It's made me a guy who owns a guitar."- BBI
“Archer not arrow. No such thing as a perfect pistol. Until you commit to being a better archer, you’ll keep hunting for a better arrow.”
-JCN
(emphasis mine)
At first I was going to request citations for that, to bolster the argument, but upon noticing the source I'll personally consider the content unimpeachable. I would now suggest it get carved onto tablets and cast down upon the people from atop Mount Sinai, to literally smack them in the head with the knowledge.
I would only add, it doesn't help that we're breeding an entire class of society that has political support and power, to eliminate effective policing against them. In my eye, this will only get far worse, before it can hopefully get better.
eta: a "Like" for TGS's post isn't remotely strong enough. Something along the lines of Hiroshima barely scratches the surface, for me, as to the strength of his words here.