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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 93 points 1 week ago (3 children)

History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

I've always like this metaphor. Alexander Woolcott called striking coincidences "the universe caught in the veriest act of rhyming."

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

It's like poetry

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

yeah, the very same conflicts and tensions we had in the world back then are still here now...