We seem, as a culture, to be head deep in chronological snobbery. we want to over simplify the past, the cut and dry good and bad, the clear hero and villan. Even with things like the salem witch trials, there were faults on both sides, hearsay evidence was accepted, the judicial system was faulty, but witchcraft was a problem. it's real and it's dangerous.

The problem is we'll never learn from an over simplified history. life isn't simple, there are no simple answers. if someone claims to have simple answers, be weary of them. The complexity of politics, culture, and geopolitical movements makes every move today difficult, the same applies to the past. we are not a great new generation that are struggling with new trials, they are the same ones, rather we look down on the past as barbaric and unintelligent. this will be the death of us.