Originally Posted by dteowner
Very impressive, with lots of syllables, and yet completely ignores the point in favor of empty snark. I believe the point would best be summed up with that old saw- something about history and ignoring and repeating… I don't think it comes in Latin, but I bet it's in a textbook somewhere.

Can't say "do not ignore/repeat history" using a false symbol which in context becomes just absurd. And if we are to speak about history I would also mention that democratic systems from a revolution are extremely rare while totalitarian systems from a revolution are extremely common.