How it all makes sense now...
"Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it" - George Orwell, -quoted in the Associated Press
Now there's something to simmer on after the ups and downs of the last two weeks and the upcoming election. I remember having to read Orwell's "Animal Farm" in eight grade. I admit I only read the Cliff's notes at the time.