A huge cycle is closing

Have you heard the news? The Greek Civil War ended 74 years ago. The 1965 events of the "July apostates" happened 58 years ago. The Polytechnic Uprising was 50 years ago. These are all historical events of great importance, fascinating for both historians as well as the casual or regular reader of history books. But whoever attempts a political confrontation today, in 2023, by citing events that happened in 1944, 1965 or 1973 is living on another planet. And they're certainly not speaking to any voters who are under - let's be generous - the age of 50. In the 1980s it made sense to cultivate polarization over "who was an apostate" and other historical issues. The events in question were relatively recent and passions had not subsided. Furthermore, those who were then young knew what the references were. That was then. Today, only those stuck in the past can do politics with the...