The reason history repeats is rather simple. Human nature never changes.
If you read Edward Gibbon, who wrote in his “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” you will see the same patterns in human nature. It is like a Shakespeare play that is performed for centuries. The story and plot remain the same.
New people step into the role but the songs are always the same.
Life did seem uncomplicated because we interacted on a personal level with everyone. Even though technology has transformed the world since 1988, I believe it has contributed greatly to the decline of America.
Generations have been trapped and mind controlled by their devices and propaganda and porn spewed across the Internet and social media by the government and the controllers of this very warped degenerate society we now inhabit. I doubt we can ever go back.