What are examples of history repeating itself?

It's not a theory, nor is it a truth. It is an observation. There maybe things "new under the sun," but I'm afraid to say, that, in and of itself, is a repeat in history. There will always be new things and improvements. The little "similarities" you mocked are infact what the phrase is talking about. And what about the Great Depression in the 30s? America is on the verge of another one right now.

Oh, and your first two exclaimations completely contridict themselves. Just thought I ought to warn you, for people making "mistakes" and "being so stupid" are, in fact, a repeat in history.

Ahmen brother...better examples would be slavery, timeline goes as follows isrealites, Persians, gladiators roman, Scotland, African Americans, now the entire American society that is in service constuction or agriculture and food industry, just instead of whips they use money; just like we used to mine gold for them and go to war for them. Modern day society has developed a more appropiate easier to swallow system

Our Holly crusaides into the middle east, under reign of the perversion of whats holy, our constant bonbardments into the middle east for riches and religious items of great significance- to the recent war in Iraq and the foretold invasion of the land.

Another major example would be Genocide of Spiritual people by Society; time line goes as follows, Roman Church back when Jesus walked and paul killed christians, early settlers killing Indians, Jews in halocaust, America in the next upcoming events, everyone look up REX84 and make people aware of it, and relate it to the hollocaust, see our cocky arrogance... All it takes for evil to prevail is good men to do nothin, who know what genocides were prevented by men of god like moses, Luke Skywalker, Denzeil Washinton in Eli, Neo in the Matrex, Superman, and Jesus for this day in age and who knows how many more.

When u get down to it everything moves in circles down to protons nuetrons electrons, planets, planetary movement, behavioral patterns, wheels on the bus, recycleing, even throwing away trash, we run around in circles, people choose to live in a groundhogs day and don't even notice, a clock, days of the week, months in a year, I believe even time itself travels in a circle as too the theory of the big bang theory where everything comes together in the end and then recreates. Only one thing makes it even a reality and that's God.. and if God is begining and the end, light, giver of life, alpha and omega, savior to all, then he would be characterised as direct strait line because a cirlcle has no begining or end, him and through him can we break any cycle or insanity, there may have been much more genocides if godly men like moses or Jesus did not stand up and do something despite all the ridicule and hatred they are given for truly being christlike; they will spit and stone u to the end..... that behavioral pattern is also history repeating itself over and over again