Everyone says this when it's a political argument or perspective they agree with. Not everyone agrees with the same perspectives; that's precisely what leads to flame wars and back-and-forth non-intellectual bickering. HN has been taken over by these threads since Trump was inaugurated, and especially since DOGE came into existence. Many of us don't find these discussions intellectually stimulating, especially on a website titled Hacker News.

This is an interpretation of a political situation, not a description of the past: «Appeasement of the aggressor seems to be the plan now, as it was with Germany in 1938.»

So not history.