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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 hours agoThat has nothing to do with the voter turnout issue, so I’m not sure why you brought it up.
minus-squarereddit_sux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 hours agoHistory doesn’t predict future, that was his point.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 hours agoHistory can very much let you infer how the future will go. That’s literally how we determine what might happen.
minus-squarereddit_sux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 hours agoWell history did tell that convicted felon wouldn’t become the president but that didn’t come true. So yes history can give an inkling about the future but it is just that, nothing more, not an absolute.
That has nothing to do with the voter turnout issue, so I’m not sure why you brought it up.
History doesn’t predict future, that was his point.
History can very much let you infer how the future will go. That’s literally how we determine what might happen.
Well history did tell that convicted felon wouldn’t become the president but that didn’t come true.
So yes history can give an inkling about the future but it is just that, nothing more, not an absolute.