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Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts) Tue May 1, 2012, 04:32 PM May 2012

Santayana Updated:

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to vote Republican.

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Santayana Updated: (Original Post) Jackpine Radical May 2012 OP

You know, I was never a huge fan of the Santayana quote to begin with RZM May 2012 #1

Good one! kentuck May 2012 #2

Or, maybe another way ... lpbk2713 May 2012 #3

Those of us who do study history can only watch in horror as 1monster May 2012 #4

RZM

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1. You know, I was never a huge fan of the Santayana quote to begin with

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Original post)

Tue May 1, 2012, 04:40 PM

May 2012

No disrespect to the man, but it doesn't work all that well.

First of all, people who don't remember the past don't necessarily have to repeat it.

But more important, people who do remember the past repeat it all the damn time. In fact, people who have the most access to the past that is possible (budgets, researchers, and think tanks) still repeat the past anyway.

So I would suggest this alternative:

'The past is condemned to repeat itself, but if you want to remember it anyway, knock yourself out'