eli5 What does “the more things change the more they stay the same” mean?
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Change is always happening, and people’s reactions to it are fairly constant. The individual players might change, but the system remains.
Hate your old, ugly car? Buy a shiny new one! A few years later, you’re back to hating your old, ugly car.
Don’t like the smug bastards in power? Vote them out! Then you can be the smug bastards in power, and others won’t like you.
SSDD.
Etc.
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