Why History Repeats Itself: WWII & A Comprehensive List of the Lessons We Failed to Learn

By Peregrine Nash 

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to scroll through TikTok and call Hamas ‘freedom fighters.’” – Peregrine Nash, probably

World War III is trending.

Iran’s nuclear dreams just got hit with a good old-fashioned American airstrike.

And in the West, liberals are weeping harder for Hamas than they ever did for the victims of October 7th.

It’s official: We’ve learned absolutely NOTHING from history, not even the parts they tattooed onto your soul in high school.

So, grab your espresso, your emotional support copy of The Gulag Archipelago, and let’s take a trip down memory lane, with a few pit stops in Gaza, Tehran, and your local DEI committee.

Because the parallels between now and World War II?

Chilling.

Blatant.

And absolutely batshit.

Lesson #1: Appeasing Evil Never Works, It Empowers It

“If you feed the crocodile, it might eat you last.” – Winston Churchill

Then:

In 1938, Neville Chamberlain handed Hitler Czechoslovakia like a DoorDash order. The world sighed in relief as the Führer promised, “This is my last territorial demand.” (Spoiler: It wasn’t.)

Now:

Hamas slaughtered, raped, and burned its way through Israeli homes on October 7th, and the left responded by… asking Israel to “de-escalate.”

The Biden administration unfreezes $6 billion for Iran, then acts shocked when Tehran funds terrorists.

And progressives are still out here tweeting “Free Palestine” like they’re auditioning for The View: Terrorist Edition.

Appeasement in 1938 gave us gas chambers.

Appeasement in 2024 is giving us nuclear enrichment in Natanz.

 

Lesson #2: Propaganda Precedes Genocide

“The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly – it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.”  – Joseph Goebbels

Then:

Nazi Germany weaponized the press. Jewish people were dehumanized daily in newspapers, posters, and schoolbooks.

The world read it. The world saw it.

The world did nothing.

Now:

Hamas kidnaps children, and CNN tells you Gaza has a “humanitarian crisis.”

Universities light up in protest not when Jews are massacred, but when Israel defends itself.

TikTok influencers who can’t locate Gaza on a map are suddenly war crime experts.

This isn’t journalism. It’s just cosplay for cowards.

And if Goebbels had an Instagram today, he’d be verified with a blue check and hosting an MSNBC podcast.

 

Lesson #3: Antisemitism Isn’t Just a Relic, It’s Trending

“First they came for the social media managers…” – Not Pastor Niemöller, but close

Then:

Six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, with “Never Again” carved into stone, museums, and the collective conscience of every sane human being.

Now:

“Never Again” has been replaced with “Intifada forever” on Ivy League campuses.

Synagogues are vandalized across Europe.

Jewish students need escorts on American campuses.

Pro-Hamas mobs chant “From the river to the sea”, a cute little euphemism for ethnic cleansing. (And a vast majority of these adorable little "activists" can't even tell you which river and which sea.)

Meanwhile, the left cries “Genocide!” every time Israel lifts a finger, but shrugs when Jews are beheaded in front of their children.

Antisemitism didn’t vanish. It just got tenure.

And it’s wearing a keffiyeh and a Black Lives Matter button.

Lesson #4: Calling Your Enemies “Nazis” Doesn’t Make You the Good Guys

Projection: the leftist art of accusing you of what they’re doing, while holding a Molotov cocktail.

Then:

The Nazis built death camps, outlawed dissent, and engineered mass extermination based on race and religion.

Now:

The left calls MAGA Republicans “literal Nazis” for believing in:

• Border security
• Parental rights
• The biological definition of woman

Meanwhile, Hamas is praised as “resistance”, despite:

• Mass rape
• Targeting civilians
• A literal charter that calls for genocide

Reminder: Hamas doesn’t just act like Nazis.

They quote them. Literally.

The original Hamas charter cites The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the same antisemitic conspiracy used by the Third Reich.

So who’s the real Nazi here?

The guy in a red hat or the guy with a rocket launcher aimed at a preschool?

 

Lesson #5: Censorship is a Precursor to Tyranny

Then:

Nazi Germany didn’t start with Auschwitz. It started by burning books, banning dissent, and labeling truth as hate speech.

Now:

Try posting about Israel’s right to exist on Instagram, enjoy your shadowban.

Say “men can’t get pregnant” and you’re digitally crucified.

Whistleblowers get silenced.

The FBI investigates parents at school board meetings.

Big Tech colludes with Big Government to suppress inconvenient facts, like Hunter Biden’s laptop or Hamas’ use of hospitals as terrorist hubs.

We’ve stopped burning books.

Now we just let Jeff Bezos unpublish them quietly.

Lesson #6: Totalitarian Regimes Always Hide Behind “Liberation”

If a tyrant says it’s for your safety, check the body count.

Then:

Hitler rose on promises of unity, revival, and liberation from “Jewish oppression.”

Now:

Iran’s regime insists it’s fighting “Western imperialism.” Meanwhile:

• Women are beaten for showing their hair
• Gays are publicly executed
• Protesters are tortured, raped, and disappeared

Hamas claims it’s fighting “occupation.”

Then it kills peace activists, uses children as human shields, and executes civilians on live streams.

And the left eats it up like vegan ice cream.

Fun fact: If your liberation movement includes mass murder and Sharia law,

you’re not Che Guevara, you’re just ISIS with a rebrand.

Lesson #7: The Left Only Cares About Marginalized Groups When It’s Convenient

Intersectionality: the fine art of supporting gay rights and Hamas at the same time.

Then:

Nazis banned gay organizations, sterilized the disabled, and sent thousands of LGBTQ people to die in camps.

Now:

The left claims to fight for gay and trans rights, but aligns with regimes that literally stone gay people to death.

Iran’s LGBTQ record:

• Public hangings
• State-sponsored conversion torture
• Criminal penalties for same-sex behavior

 

Lesson #8: Moral Relativism is the Coward’s Way Out

There are not ‘two sides’ when one side beheads toddlers.

Then:

Western intellectuals debated whether Stalin was that bad while he starved millions in Ukraine. The moral fog let evil thrive.

Now:

College professors call Hamas “complicated.”

Journalists blur the line between defense and terrorism.

Celebrities say “violence is the voice of the unheard”, from their Beverly Hills mansions fully staffed with security personnel.

There is no moral equivalency between Israel and Hamas.

One has hospitals. The other hides behind them.

Lesson #9: Peace Through Strength Works, Weakness Gets You War

Then:

America ended the Holocaust with tanks, not tweets.

FDR didn’t send Hitler a ceasefire resolution, he sent Patton.

Now:

Trump brokered the Abraham Accords and bombed terrorists into dust.

Biden gave the Taliban $7 billion in equipment, called Iran a “partner,” and let chaos fester until World War III started trending.

When America projects strength, tyrants tremble.

When we project weakness, Tehran enriches uranium.

We don’t need “diplomacy” with people chanting “Death to America.”

We need bunker busters and better presidents.

Lesson #10: “Never Again” Means Never Again, Not Until the Polls Close

If you only oppose genocide when it’s trending, you’re not an ally, you’re an algorithm addict.

Then:

The world waited until 6 million Jews were dead to care.

They saw the signs. They ignored them.

Until the smoke stacks made it undeniable.

Now:

The signs are here again.

But this time, the world isn’t ignoring them, it’s applauding them.

Genocide denial, Jew hatred, and terrorist apologism are mainstream progressive talking points now.

And “Never Again”?

It’s a slogan they slap on t-shirts between protest selfies.

 

Lesson #11: The World Only Likes Dead Jews, The Living Ones Make Them Uncomfortable

Six million was a tragedy. Six million and one? An inconvenience.

Then:

When the world saw the death camps, it cried. When Jews crawled out of the rubble and said, “We’re still here,” the world said, “Could you not make it political?”

Holocaust survivors were pitied, until they asked for a homeland.

Then suddenly, everyone who cried over Anne Frank decided David Ben-Gurion was “too aggressive.”

Now:

Jews are safer in Israel than anywhere else, and somehow that’s the problem.

Israel defends itself? That’s “colonialism.”

Jews fight back? That’s “genocide.”

The same people who cried over Schindler’s List are now hashtagging “#FreePalestine” while Jewish families hide in bomb shelters.

The world loves Jewish victims.

It hates the voice of Jewish survivors.

 

Lesson #12: The UN Doesn’t Prevent War, It Protects Dictators

When every nation gets a vote, genocide becomes a democracy.

Then:

The League of Nations watched Hitler violate every treaty and said, “This seems fine.” It collapsed faster than CNN ratings post-Trump.

Now:

The UN condemns Israel more than any other country on Earth, including actual slave states, child marriage hubs, and North Korea, which still runs on Windows 95 and fear.

Hamas fires rockets from schools, crickets.

Israel responds, cue 57 emergency UN resolutions and a tearful Greta Thunberg statement about Gazan carbon emissions.

Let’s be honest: the UN is just a global HOA for tyrants.

And Israel’s the neighbor with too much freedom and not enough apologies.

Lesson #13: Academia is Where Truth Goes to Die, and Terror Gets Tenure

If your professor says Israel is the oppressor, check their bookshelf for Marx and Mein Kampf.

Then:

Nazi Germany turned universities into ideology factories. Professors who dissented vanished, and students were molded into loyal foot soldiers.

Now:

Harvard students sign letters blaming Israel for getting attacked.

Professors excuse rape, torture, and murder in the name of “decolonization.”

DEI offices support everyone, except Jews.

Tenure used to protect ideas. Now it protects insanity.

The only diversity many campuses tolerate is:

• Diverse pronouns
• Diverse delusions
• Zero diversity of thought

The free exchange of ideas has been replaced by

the forced exchange of Hamas talking points.

Lesson #14: Islamism ≠ Islam, But Don’t Tell the Left That

Criticizing radical Islam doesn’t make you racist, it makes you literate.

Then:

Nazism hijacked German nationalism. It didn’t mean all Germans were Nazis, just the ones goose-stepping and hailing genocide.

Now:

Islamism (radical political Islam) slaughters in Allah’s name.

The victims? Often Muslims, women, apostates, reformers.

But the left treats all criticism of Islamist terror as Islamophobia.

So let’s clarify:

• Saying “maybe don’t behead civilians” ≠ hate speech
• Criticizing Sharia law ≠ racism
• Pointing out that Hamas uses Qur’anic language while committing war crimes ≠ bigotry

You know who hates Islamism the most?

Moderate Muslims. Reformists. Apostates. Women begging for freedom.

But the left silences them to protect its fragile narrative.

Because intersectionality > integrity.

Lesson #15: “Progressive” Means Regressive When You Ignore the Victims

The left wants to move forward… as long as we don’t ask where we’re going or who we’re stepping on.

Then:

The Nazis sold their movement as “modern.” They embraced new tech, public health (forced sterilization), and unity (through conformity).

Behind the propaganda?

Murder. Eugenics. Tyranny.

Now:

Progressives parade as champions of human rights while:

• Praising Hamas, which outlaws women’s freedom
• Partnering with regimes that ban music
• Apologizing for terrorists who burn babies alive

Meanwhile, women in Gaza aren’t allowed to speak without male permission, but sure, let’s boycott Israel, where women lead military units and tech companies.

“Progressive” is just PR.

What they’re pushing is oppression with glitter on it.

Lesson #16: Victimhood is Currency, and the Left is Running a Ponzi Scheme

When everyone’s a victim, no one is accountable.

Then:

Nazis blamed Jews for everything: inflation, unemployment, Germany’s humiliation.

They cast themselves as victims: of Jewish bankers, of Versailles, of modernity itself.

Now:

Hamas launches an unprovoked massacre, then claims victimhood when Israel fights back.

Activists in Brooklyn chant “resistance” while sipping $9 oat milk lattes and cosplaying as revolutionaries on land leased by Chase Bank.

Universities teach that:

• Words are violence
• Silence is violence
• Actual violence? “Contextual.”

It’s all a victimhood pyramid scheme, and Hamas is at the top with an RPG and a press pass.

Lesson #17: You Can’t Coexist with People Who Want You Dead

It’s not a conflict if one side wants peace and the other wants genocide.

Then:

Hitler didn’t want a peace deal. He wanted a Jew-free planet.

You couldn’t negotiate with him, only stop him.

Now:

Hamas doesn’t want a two-state solution.

It wants no Jewish state. Period.

Its founding charter doesn’t mention occupation. It mentions extermination.

And when it says “from the river to the sea,” it’s not a poetic metaphor. It’s a murder blueprint.

The far left keeps insisting, “If Israel would just stop fighting back…”

Right. That’s called surrender.

And they’ll still behead the kindergarteners after.

Lesson #18: When the West Apologizes for Strength, Tyranny Wins

Weakness isn’t compassion. It’s consent, in slow motion.

Then:

Churchill was mocked. Eisenhower was doubted.

But they didn’t apologize for fighting evil. They crushed it.

Now:

The Biden admin apologizes when our missiles hit the right targets.

Israel apologizes when it warns civilians, and still gets blamed.

Meanwhile, Hamas never apologizes. Iran never apologizes.

They don’t need to. The West does it for them.

The moral high ground doesn’t matter when you’re buried in it.

Strength protects the innocent.

Appeasement feeds the wolves.

Lesson #19: If You Have to Ask Who the Bad Guys Are, You’re One of Them

There is no gray area between butcher and victim.

Then:

The world hesitated to call Hitler evil until it was too late.

Now:

• Hamas livestreams atrocities
• Iran funds terror openly
• Progressive influencers cry for “Palestinian liberation” while ignoring Jewish corpses

If your moral compass can’t tell the difference between a terrorist and a terrified civilian, your compass is broken or bought.

You don’t need nuance to condemn genocide.

You need a spine.

Lesson #20: True Evil Is Always Masked as Righteousness

Every genocide begins with a virtue signal.

Then:

Nazis framed their extermination as “purification.”

Righteous. Scientific. Necessary.

Now:

Hamas calls it “resistance.”

BDS calls it “justice.”

Progressives call it “decolonization.”

It’s all just the same demonic script, in a different dialect.

If the cause requires mass graves,

you’re not the liberator, you’re just the latest fascist in a keffiyeh.

 

Lesson #21: If It Sounds Like Genocide, and It Acts Like Genocide…

When someone screams they want to kill all the Jews, maybe believe them the first time.

Then:

The Nazis didn’t whisper. They printed their hate in newspapers, barked it from podiums, and carved it into schoolbooks. The world pretended not to hear.

The Holocaust didn’t start with gas chambers, it started with slogans.

Now:

“From the river to the sea” isn’t poetic. It’s geographic. It means erase Israel. Every inch.

Hamas doesn’t want borders redrawn, it wants graves dug.

And the far left?

They chant the same slogans, claim it’s “just anti-Zionism,” and act shocked when Jewish kids are beaten on campus.

You don’t get to quote the preamble to genocide and call yourself an ally.

Lesson #22: The Numbers Matter, and the Left Keeps Lying About Them

If your outrage depends on math that only works in activist group chats, it’s not justice, it’s just vibes.

Then:

Nazi Germany inflated German suffering and minimized Jewish death. It made Jews seem powerful and dangerous, while they were starving in ghettos.

Now:

Let’s break it down:

• October 7th, 2023: Over 1,200 Israelis slaughtered in a single day.
• More than 260 civilians murdered at a music festival.
• Women raped, babies burned, children beheaded, all confirmed by GoPro footage Hamas proudly uploaded themselves.

And yet:

The far-left screams “disproportionate response” because Israel dares to defend itself.

Meanwhile, Hamas inflates death tolls, hides bodies in tunnels, and counts terrorists as “civilians.” Even the UN quietly admits this, but the media runs the numbers like gospel.

Dead Jews? B-roll.

Dead terrorists in Gaza? Breaking news and white roses.

Lesson #23: The Occupation Lie is the New Blood Libel

If you’re blaming Jews for defending themselves on Jewish land, congratulations, you’ve learned nothing from 5,000 years of history.

Then:

The blood libel claimed Jews killed Christian children for rituals.

It was spread for centuries and led to pogroms, expulsions, and mass slaughter, all under the banner of “justice.”

Now:

The new lie?

“Israel is an apartheid state occupying Palestinian land.”

Let’s clear it up, with facts:

• Jews have lived in the land of Israel for over 3,000 years.
• “Palestine” has never been a sovereign nation. Not once.
• In 1947, Israel accepted a two-state solution. Arabs rejected it and launched war.
• Gaza hasn’t been “occupied” since 2005. Israel pulled out completely. Hamas took over, executed rivals, and launched rockets ever since.

You don’t get to invade, lose, and then cry victim.

That’s not apartheid, that’s a tantrum with rockets.

Lesson #24: Hamas Hides Behind Civilians Because It Can’t Stand on Its Own

If your military strategy includes hiding behind toddlers, you’re not freedom fighters, you’re war criminals with boundary issues.

Then:

The Nazis used forced labor and human shields in occupied territory. They didn’t just kill civilians, they weaponized them.

Now:

Hamas builds tunnels under hospitals, schools, and mosques.

It stores weapons in nurseries and launches rockets from playgrounds.

When Israel warns civilians to evacuate, Hamas forces them to stay, and films the aftermath for global pity.

Let’s be blunt:

If your “resistance” depends on sacrificing your own people, you’re not resisting tyranny, you ARE tyranny.

Lesson #25: Women, Gays & Minorities in Gaza: The Left’s Favorite Dead Ends

The same people who scream ‘feminism’ on Instagram are silent when women are buried in honor graves.

Then:

Nazi Germany sterilized the disabled, criminalized homosexuality, and placed women firmly under the heel of the state. Dissent was deadly. Identity meant danger.

Now:

Hamas executes gays by dragging them behind motorcycles.

Women need a man’s permission to leave the house, go to school, or speak in court.

Honor killings are not only common, they’re culturally reinforced.

Let’s play a fun game called “Where would you rather be queer?”

• Tel Aviv: Pride parades, rainbow-painted crosswalks, legal protections
• Gaza: Torture, prison, and public execution

Yet the same activists who smear Israel as “oppressive” are dead silent when real fascism flies a Hamas flag.

Human rights don’t matter to the left,

unless they’re politically convenient.

Lesson #26: Western Media Is Hamas’ Public Relations Department

If terrorists had a marketing firm, it would be called CNN.

Then:

Goebbels once said, “Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.”

Today, that keyboard is tuned to one chord:

Blame Israel. Always. No matter what.

• Hamas fakes hospital bombing numbers? CNN runs it anyway.
• Gaza reports dead “civilians”? No verification. No caution. Just headlines.
• Actual footage from Hamas body cams? “Too graphic to verify.”

Meanwhile, Israel’s fact-checked statements are “claims,”

and its citizen victims are invisible.

The IDF issues warnings before every strike.

Hamas issues propaganda.

Guess who gets the lead story?

 

Lesson #27: Silence is Complicity, and the West is Louder When Jews Defend Themselves Than When They’re Slaughtered

If your outrage only activates when Israel fights back, you’re not pro-peace, you’re pro-passive genocide.

Then:

Allied governments knew about Auschwitz as early as 1942.

They had the intelligence.

They had the photos.

They didn’t bomb the train tracks.

Now:

The world had live footage of October 7th.

We saw babies burned alive.

We watched a grandmother kidnapped and paraded through Gaza.

And yet?

The outrage was muted.

Until Israel responded.

Then suddenly it was:

“Ceasefire.”

“Disproportionate.”

“Genocide.”

There are no ceasefires with evil.

Only delays in stopping it.

 

Lesson #28: You Don’t Deescalate a House Fire by Giving It Gasoline

A ‘ceasefire’ with terrorists is just intermission between massacres.

Then:

Hitler agreed to peace deals, until he was strong enough to break them.

Now:

Hamas uses every ceasefire to rebuild tunnels, smuggle weapons, and restock on Iranian cash.

Calling for a ceasefire without demanding Hamas surrender is not peacekeeping, it’s terrorism enablement.

You can’t “both sides” your way through a war where one side:

• Murders civilians
• Hides behind civilians
• And blames civilians

Peace through submission is not peace.

It’s hostage-taking with a PR team.

The Real Nazis Aren’t Wearing Red Hats, They’re Firing Rockets at Daycares

If your movement quotes Hitler, funds terrorism, and targets Jews, maybe MAGA isn’t the problem.

Then:

Nazism was defeated with blood, steel, and truth.

Not by “dialogue.”

Not by “de-escalation.”

And not by moral relativism.

Now:

The modern world has decided that the real fascists are:

• Parents at school board meetings
• Christians with a Twitter account
• Jews who survive

And the freedom fighters?

Terrorists.

Censors.

Rage mobs.

The real lesson?

We didn’t forget WWII. We just rewrote it.

Never Again Means Right F**king Now

You can chant slogans and fly your flags.

You can censor facts and inflate fake numbers.

But the truth doesn’t need your approval.

The parallels are no longer subtle.

They’re screaming.

And if we don’t start calling out the real fascists, the real bigots, and the real threats, we’re going to find ourselves rewriting history in blood.

If you want to stop history from repeating,

you have to remember it first. ~

 

Peregrine Nash has left the chat, but not before fact-checking your favorite activist with a flamethrower.

God bless America. God protect Israel. And God help the willfully blind.