History is one best way to learn from the past, it is a medium from which reference can be taken to have a better understanding, approach or even creation/invention of a better version. In the old time people often live life with history in constant check, it was like a guide and they are not hesitant to cross check.
Evry nation has history, down to every state, city, town and village. There is a reason why it is important to pass down knowledge and history to the next generation while they are still young, pressing it repeatedly to their ears. History is a good teacher, stable and doesn't lie: it can only be tweaked based on the interest of those telling it.
My nation is popular known as a corrupt nation, well, I agree. It is quite glaring that the corruption runs deep and flows through the country. In history, we have been taught or told of several political parties, allies, how their actions led to a circumstance and till date became a part of the nation. We have heard of the voting and election and everything concerning how it's done. They say everyone has the right to vote but history has kept repeating itself.
In the present state of this country corruption is no longer among the powerful ones, those in the political sector, and others we paint or say are the corrupt ones. Now the corruption has creeped into the people, I've heard this several times that "the whole system is now corrupt" and that's a fact.
You don't even need to meet a wealthy individual, a politician, an individual who sits in a office that commands power of some sort before you see the experience the stench of corruption among citizens. 10 years back, we could list just few places in terms of office or field where corruption is but now, it is everywhere. Corruption has literally grown it root into every system, really deep into systems. It is no longer among the politicians and those leaders like we used to say: it is now among us.
With this, so many beliefs and mindset have been formed due to this long lasting history of corruption. Everyone now wants to take profit for himself alone, doesn't care how much hurt it would be for others and the only silly reason would be "every man for himself", "others are doing it too"— the most annoying one is "everyone is corrupt". I so mucn hate to hear that, they lie to themselves to believe that everyone is doing it so they won't feel guilty.
Again, a poor leader has been voted for and every price has gone x5 at least and yet we have some highly silly citizens that would defend this leader. Voting for him wasn't enough, they find every reason to support him as though they aren't living in the country. Sometimes, I wish all those who still are in support of this guy can be eliminated. How can one still be in support, he is not the only problem but one of the biggest and glaring problems happening in the country. History is repeating itself, we still have citizens who keep supporting a leader who is obviously not doing up to 30% of his duty.
Now, we are what we are because we have repeated too much of history and failed to learn from it. If we could pick wvey valuable lessons, mark out patterns and retrace out steps back, only then can we have a better nation.