"Wow, America Has a Problem" — Teen Seriously Asks Father if Adolf Hitler Is Alive or Dead

Writer George Santayana famously said: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

And given the current state of global politics right now, it would seem that Santayana's words are unfortunately ringing so loudly true that even Quasimodo could hear them.

And the Spanish-American philosopher, who lived through some pretty crazy progressive periods in our species' existence (1863–1952 saw a lot of significance change, like, sterilizing medical equipment, World War II and, most importantly of all indoor plumbing), probably wouldn't be too jazzed to see that the young woman featured in the following TikTok wasn't too brushed-up on her knowledge of someone who is arguably humanity's greatest nemesis.

No, we're not talking about Kathleen Kennedy, but the man who ruined with Charlie Chaplin mustache for good: Adof Hitler.

TikToker Samantha Landwehr (@samantha_landwehr) uploaded a Father's Day scene at their home that features a gobsmacked dad who can't believe his daughter, Grace, didn't know if Hitler was alive or dead.

"What did, what did I do wrong? Like what did I do? I'm just asking a simple question," she says passionately to her father who sits on the opposite end of the table, his hands resting against it. He has a look on his face that could be described as defeat, or, as the text overlay in the video reads, of "pure disappointment."

"Do you still love me?" the young woman asks.

"No," her dad retorts back to her quickly, before asking, "do you know who Hitler is?"

The camera then pans back to the young girl who, while seated at the table, grips her orange Stanley cup and responds with: "Can I skip this question?"

"Can you ... explain history to me please?" the daughter implores her dad, who seems to be over the conversation.

"Not right now," he states, looking down at his hands.

"On Father's Fay? I know it's your favorite pastime," she says, hurling the words in his direction.

"This right here really cut me deep that I have to explain that Hitler is dead and who he is," the dad states, still not making eye contact with his daughter. "I have failed," he tells her before he gives his child some advice.

"Grace, right now the best thing for you to do is to bury your face in another piece of pie," he says, a suggestion that prompts a smile and no resistance from his daughter who stands up and grabs her plate to take off of the table.

The clip then transitions to a further point in time, where another overlay indicates that the family returned to the same subject: "We thought the conversation was over but we just had to bring it up again."

A woman can be seen covering her face with her hand as she holds back laughter, then the camera pans to an exasperated Grace, who can't seem to understand why everyone finds her lack of Hitler understanding humorous: "Why are you laughing at me?"

Someone else at the table provides an answer for that question: "You asked if Hitler's dead. Your grandma was 3 when he died," someone at the table explains to her.

Grace goes on to defend herself: "OK, obviously I didn't pay attention in history class, OK."

Dad, who in this moment sounds an awful lot like John C. Reilly, is shocked to see that she's attributing her lack of knowing whether or not Hitler is alive or dead to how diligent she was in her history class: "You don't have to!" he says, indicating that there are probably plenty of people who flunked history who at least know that the world's most infamous genocidal dictator is dead.

There were numerous TikTokers who responded to the woman's post who stated that they thought her lack of knowledge regarding Hitler's death (i.e., thinking the dictator was born in 1889) was a direct reflection of how poor the U.S. education system is: "What do they even teach in schools in America??" one person wrote.

Another implored to the heavens: "Someone save the American education system."

Someone else said that they were thankful they were educated in another country entirely: "I'm so glad I don't get the American education ... What do you learn over there?"

However, there were some people who, instead, offered up solutions to help educate the man's daughter about the horrors of World War II and how Hitler ultimately met his end: "Take her phone away for three hours and make her watch Schindler's List, dude. She won't forget."