Responsible. Is it responsible to vote one time every 4 years and for the rest do nothing?

Its conscious to realize the mistakes made in history. That way, by analyzing, you can learn the path these mistakes made, and make sure you recognize them next time, so you can evade such mistakes.

History, by both the oppressed, and the oppressor, is also passed on and on. Not always factually correct though, for the winner writes history.

Please don't. Its already painful enough this way.

I'm very well aware my country did bad things in its past and present, exploiting other people and countries for their own benefit.

For example, we West-Europeans dragged the Muslims from their countries (Turkey, Maroc) to come here and work for jobs we Europeans didn't want to do. As in, not even poeple from poorer European regions (Greece, Spain) wanted to do these anymore.

These people did not magically appear and decided to be Karel's PITA.