History Repeats Itself

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana

The "Enabling Act" of 1933, (officially titled “Gesetz zur Behebung der Not von Volk und Reich”) was a law that gave the National Ministry (essentially the Cabinet), most importantly, the Chancellor, the powers to make and enforce laws without the involvement of the “Reichstag, or Weimar's (National Assembly, or Parliament) President”. Critically, it allowed the Chancellor to bypass the system of checks and balances in the government, permitting  him to enact new laws without interference.

The Enabling Act facilitated the enactment of legislation, including laws deviating from, and/or altering the Constitution, without consent. Because this law allowed for departures from the 'Articles of Confederation', it was itself considered a 'Constitutional Amendment'.

History has a tendency to repeat itself. As memory fades, events from the past can become events of the present. Some, like American authors "William Strauss", and Neil Howe", argue that this is due to the cyclical nature of history, as it repeats itself and flows based on generations.

One of the most quoted remarks of "Karl Heinrich Marx" FRSA (1818–1883), a German philosopher; economist; historian; sociologist; political theorist; journalist; critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary, “History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce”…

Food for thought!