Civilizations rise and fall, but bad ideas go on forever.
If only our infallible Science could get together with an all-powerful government, we’d be living in a paradise!
Some really bad ideas just never dry up and blow away.
https://leeduigon.com/2014/03/22/a-simple-formula-for-tyranny/
It was twaddle in the 1840s, it killed off tens of millions of people in the 20th century, and it’s still floating around today. Only now they’re calling it “Democratic socialism.”
A lot of folks just never learn.