Not sure where that is aimed or heading Kenny
You decide where you want to go by knowing where you've been and, if these are the wrong places, choose not to go there again.
I am of the opinion that our society is in terminal nosedive - I believe a fairer one is needed but at present it is heading in the opposite direction.
As Trotsky once wrote "Whither England" (not a Trot by the way, just find some of what he said maid sense)
Personally, history, particularly social history is very much a part of my understanding the music (song) that takes up so much of my life still
Jim Carroll