The World seemed a simpler place in some ways in the past, but I think that was mostly an illusion due in part to limited knowledge and a focus on the conflicts between the large colonial powers. Today there is no escaping the course of events in every part of the world, and existential threats do seem to be multiplying. The annual honoring of past sacrifices seems to me to be more an escape to simplistic nostalgia than a guide for dealing with current and future threats.
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