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No. It is more a case of 'history is old stuff, that happened a long time ago, is done & over with, and does not matter any more'. Why care about the past when so much is happening right now.
I do not think the way history is dealt with is that much better, to some degree visiting historic museums or sites is just signaling.
That is basically the concept behind 'costly signalling', that people will pay time and money to visit a museum in order to signal, and in doing so accidentally learn something about history.
thx for the reminder