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"Fiume O Morte " Brilliantly Dramatizes the Rise of a Demagogue

"Fiume O Morte " Brilliantly Dramatizes the Rise of a Demagogue

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·April 2, 2025
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dkjaudyeqooe

Those who ignore history are condemned to repeat it.

blacksmith_tb

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

Too real.

sdsd

And those who think they know history are condemned to repeat that phrase.

/s I agree with the proverb, just being cheeky

norir

Book 8 of Plato's Republic is also on point in describing the transition from democracy to tyranny.

popalchemist

Can you summarize or point to a summary you might know of?

sherdil2022

https://archive.ph/c5fSm

stefantalpalaru

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