We are the beneficiaries of History.

A great mistake of contemporary politics is that it only recognizes contemporary political history as being relevant. We often assume that recent technology has not only radicalized society but also politics, that we cannot relate to the errors of past civilizations because we are so radically different.

Technology may have revolutionized various aspects of our lives, but the effect it has on political theory is indirect. Sociological causes are those which revolutionize political theory, and technology has radicalized social conditions, however we have still inherited political theory and ideal previous to industrial revolution. If we look to our far past we can observe that previous failures and successes may serve as a prophecy to our own.

We can compare the political agendas today with those of the past, attempting to assess as objectively as possible, adapting it to the thought patterns of modern society, e.g. the State cannot now get away with as much totalism or resource depression.

We need to start to see our governance as fragile and finite rather than unerring and infinite so that we can prevent mistakes from repeating and so that we can see the irrelevance of certain beuorocratic systems in this new era of communication.

Not only the forbearance but the misinterpretation of political history has effected our lives, both America and Nazi Germany institutionalized negative euthanasia because they believed that the degeneration of the gene pool is what lead to the collapse of Rome, we even misinterpret contemporary politics, allowing different poltical groups to blame one anotherto support their own case.

If we only asses the present situation, we are not only being ignorant to historical evidence but we are allowing a system where the same two parties are perpetually getting in and out of power. The public will become disenfranchised with party A due to their obvious failings in term, then they will build a majority for party B, not neccesarily in full agreement, but because it is the only attainable option, for the short term they will be very hopeful and supportive, until they start to fail too, party B will then cite party A's failures to support them, or find a public issue the majority of the public demand, but the other party is unwilling to supply.

This cycle, perpetuated by short-sightedness is totally destructive to the welfare of the people and it prevents government accountability, allowing them to grow into a system of total authority, the public either gullible to the "new" party or too disillusioned to do anything, because, after all, the government always has been, and always will be...

A self-serving oligarchy, that is.