Albert Einstein

[canetoad]

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”

[SheltieLover]

1. Profound

[canetoad]

2. I'm not usually a doom and gloom person

But right now I'm grateful that I've lived from the 1950s to the 2020s in a relatively peaceful world.

[SheltieLover]

4. I hear you!

[bahboo]

5. life really has been pretty good for those of us born...

in the 50's or 60's. Then trump, Covid and now Putin. Fuck....

[LiberatedUSA]

6. Life has been better for anyone...

…who got to go through their formative years and out of high school before the advent of smartphones. I can’t imagine having all your childhood problems on repeat on YouTube for your entire life.

[hamsterjill]

7. Agreed

I think that makes those of us who have lived during that time frame all the more angry and sad that some are so eager to just let it all go.

[canetoad]

8. Oh yes

Is there some human failing that causes us to forget the abject misery, death and cruelty that happened during WW2?

Is that failing the fact that the peacemakers simply cannot overwhelm the warmakers?

[Solomon]

3. Prescient.