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

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...

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

/s I agree with the proverb, just being cheeky

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