"Fiume O Morte " Brilliantly Dramatizes the Rise of a Demagogue newyorker.com 28 points by rbanffy a day ago
dkjaudyeqooe a day ago Those who ignore history are condemned to repeat it. blacksmith_tb a day ago I prefer Marx's version, that "history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce"[1]1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eighteenth_Brumaire_of_Lou... dullcrisp a day ago Too real. sdsd a day ago And those who think they know history are condemned to repeat that phrase./s I agree with the proverb, just being cheeky
blacksmith_tb a day ago I prefer Marx's version, that "history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce"[1]1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eighteenth_Brumaire_of_Lou... dullcrisp a day ago Too real.
sdsd a day ago And those who think they know history are condemned to repeat that phrase./s I agree with the proverb, just being cheeky
norir a day ago Book 8 of Plato's Republic is also on point in describing the transition from democracy to tyranny. popalchemist 13 hours ago Can you summarize or point to a summary you might know of?
Those who ignore history are condemned to repeat it.
I prefer Marx's version, that "history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce"[1]
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eighteenth_Brumaire_of_Lou...
Too real.
And those who think they know history are condemned to repeat that phrase.
/s I agree with the proverb, just being cheeky
Book 8 of Plato's Republic is also on point in describing the transition from democracy to tyranny.
Can you summarize or point to a summary you might know of?
https://archive.ph/c5fSm
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