Anyone that knows me, knows that I am a History teacher that truly believes the philosophy of Georges Santayana, "Those who do not understand the past are doomed to repeat its failures."
King Louis XIV of France once said, "Keep your friends close, your enemies closer." Sage advice. He used it to bring peace to a nation that had been wracked by a seemingly endless cycle of civil war by bringing the powerful nobles to the court at Versailles. There they became immersed in court ceremony and intrigue and were far from their own power bases, where they might plot insurrection. Louis kept a very close eye on his enemies.
The problem is, Louis didn't give an even more important piece of advice, because I don't believe even he knew the answer: How do you tell the difference?
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