Holy shit there are some gems in that article
"I have a passion for history"
"All nations honour their moments of revolution, triumph and nation-building. Most are excuses for fake history. I was brought up to regard VE Day as when “we” defeated Hitler. Russia defeated Hitler; we helped."
"But then no one now commemorates the American revolution as a victory for slavery. "
"What about remembering Trafalgar Day, Waterloo Day and, for that matter, Guy Fawkes? They all portray foreigners as objects of hatred, ridicule and condemnation"
"archaic strategies, such as submarine warfare, convoy protection, aerial dogfighters and manned bombers. "
I used to think that the "long memory" part of history did and does lead to a lot more conflicts and by remembering without obsessing this could lead to some lasting peace, but that's just utopian and leads to more ignorance and the old maxim of history repeating itself. At its worst, like in this article, its just globalist tripe
This paragraph explains it all
"Identity politics is explosive enough without drenching it in the fuel of history. An upsurge in Europe’s remembered complaints is threatening its stability. The Catalans have no substantive dispute with Madrid, beyond seeking a remembered separatism. The Scots’ case for independence is not the outcome of some present oppression, but of a congeries of past slights and indignities."
Step in line with the EU bitches
