Interesting article that talks about the similarities between now and 1938, and the sort of lessons we can learn from history.
Interesting article that talks about the similarities between now and 1938, and the sort of lessons we can learn from history.
It feels like your dismissing the idea of learning from history.
Far from it: history is an account of things that happened. Learning from it requires a solid adherence to what is known about what happened.
The value of speculating on alternate timelines is not to learn from the theorized history but to illustrate how interwoven it is with the events of the time.
You can still call that learning from history, but it is a very different avenue of inquiry. I love alternate timelines, and I also respect the limits of their value.