[HN Gopher] "Fiume O Morte " Brilliantly Dramatizes the Rise of ...
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       "Fiume O Morte " Brilliantly Dramatizes the Rise of a Demagogue
        
       Author : rbanffy
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2025-04-02 14:51 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
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       | sherdil2022 wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/c5fSm
        
       | dkjaudyeqooe wrote:
       | Those who ignore history are condemned to repeat it.
        
         | sdsd wrote:
         | And those who think they know history are condemned to repeat
         | that phrase.
         | 
         | /s I agree with the proverb, just being cheeky
        
         | blacksmith_tb wrote:
         | I prefer Marx's version, that "history repeats itself, first as
         | tragedy, then as farce"[1]
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         | 1:
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eighteenth_Brumaire_of_Lou...
        
           | dullcrisp wrote:
           | Too real.
        
       | norir wrote:
       | Book 8 of Plato's Republic is also on point in describing the
       | transition from democracy to tyranny.
        
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