History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce Karl Marx
Big Pistons, et al
"Those Who Cannot Remember the Past Are Condemned To Repeat It"
Santayana “The Life of Reason, or The Phases of Human Progress”. The twelfth chapter titled “Flux and Constancy In Human Nature”
Middle East cultures, and many similar world wide, choose not to remember because of aspects of culture and history.