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

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28 points rbanffy | 8 comments | 02 Apr 25 14:51 UTC | HN request time: 1.238s | source | bottom
1. sherdil2022 ◴[02 Apr 25 15:23 UTC] No.43557714[source]▶
https://archive.ph/c5fSm
2. dkjaudyeqooe ◴[02 Apr 25 18:14 UTC] No.43559601[source]▶
Those who ignore history are condemned to repeat it.
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3. sdsd ◴[02 Apr 25 18:40 UTC] No.43559955[source]▶
And those who think they know history are condemned to repeat that phrase.

/s I agree with the proverb, just being cheeky

4. blacksmith_tb ◴[02 Apr 25 18:50 UTC] No.43560081[source]▶
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...

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5. dullcrisp ◴[02 Apr 25 19:13 UTC] No.43560397{3}[source]▶
Too real.
6. norir ◴[02 Apr 25 20:04 UTC] No.43560926[source]▶
Book 8 of Plato's Republic is also on point in describing the transition from democracy to tyranny.
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7. popalchemist ◴[03 Apr 25 06:51 UTC] No.43565740[source]▶
Can you summarize or point to a summary you might know of?