There are so many things I learned this year, it's impossible to say the most important. I think it might be that all things history can be related, but can also be completely distinct. You can almost relate everything in history, but you can distinguish everything too. Studying history made me realize that in history, as in life, it all depends on how you look at something. It's kind of like chocolate covered pretzels. Can lump them all together, or, you can eat one pretzel at a time, making it individual. Let's look at revolutions. Sure, the French Rev, Industrial Rev, Algerian Rev, etc. are all revolutions. But when you study one in particular, you can see it's individuality and specificity emerge. Similarly with flags. So many countries show their nationalistic pride by waving their countries flags. They are all in the "flags" category, but each nation has it's own flag. Just like looking at a pretzel with individual clumps of chocolate. It's somewhat of a stretch, but I like to think about things in terms of food. Especially chocolate.
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