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The general structure of the quip/aphorism/joke/snark pre-dates the industrial revolution dating back (at least!) to Edmund Burke's [1] "Those who don't know hi
by cb321 6y ago
The general structure of the quip/aphorism/joke/snark pre-dates the industrial revolution dating back (at least!) to Edmund Burke's [1] "Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it."
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke
- oblio 6y agoYeah, I know, but the difference is that Burke was actually right :-D
- mixmastamyk 6y agoSounds similar to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santayana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santayana Looks like Burke lived a century+ earlier.