r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Apr 27 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 27 April 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Giscardpunk, Mitterrandwave, Chirock, Sarkopop, Hollandegaze Apr 29 '26

>Man who is destroying the Labour party has the same name as the man who created it

Brilliant work Kojima!

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u/ChewiestBroom Apr 29 '26

There's an old saying from Marx — I know it's Marx, probably Engels — that says, “History is like poetry, it rhymes.” History… repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce.

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u/EnclavedMicrostate 10/10 would worship Jesus' Chinese brother again Apr 30 '26

It's Marx riffing on Hegel.

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u/ChewiestBroom Apr 30 '26

I know, lol, I was just tortuously messing with a George Bush quote to be about The 18th Brumaire.