“The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Does this quote make sense to you?

[Flower7]

I’ve heard this a few times before, but I don’t understand it.

Yes

No

[andy530]

It means as things change the same patterns keep showing up regardless of specific circumstance.

[Waldoe]

it goes along with "Nothing every changes" Everything has happened before and will happen again

[Flower7]

Very scary thought if the things that happened before were bad.

[abc3643]

The Who summarizes it with the last lines of one of the greatest rock & roll songs ever written: "Won't Get Fooled Again". The whole song from 1971 was about this topic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtHshBWFRyg

We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the fold, that's all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
'Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again, no, no

I'll move myself and my family aside
If we happen to be left half alive
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
Though I know that the hypnotized never lie
(Do ya?)

Yeah

There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Is now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again, no, no

Yeah

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

I'd say yes, things seem to change but if you notice, they stay the same
look how much more can Apple get more advanced with making iPhones
plus the cost is outrageous and the same goes for Androids now they have
Android 11, soon Android 12 it's a bunch of monarchy... No matter how much
new gun laws are passed there will never be a law that will stop the guns from
getting in the wrong hands of extreme mentally ill, terrorists, etc, And yes everyone
should have the Right to Bear Arms

[DonkeyDan]

It's commentary on how even though things change there are some things that never change.
As an example, a new President in office is a change, yet the corruption is still the same.
Or new management come into a company, yet all the employees and still unhappy.

[AviatorTom]

The main meaning is this... Technology very often creates new ways of doing things, but the key thing is, you still need to do them.

For example, there are new cleansers on the market all the time, but it still takes someone to use them to clean the bathroom.

Another example, they just built a new highway to ease traffic flow, but traffic jams during rush hour are still a daily occurrence.

[exitseven]

Lot's of times somebody will try and change the way things are done. Often the part of the process that is most problematic is left alone and the part that benefits people the most gets screwed up. The problematic part usually benefits a rich guy.

[Flower7]

This also seems like it describes technological updates. Like for websites or apps. I hate doing updates because they always seem to make things worse and not better because they try to improve the wrong stuff.

[DaveToo]

In 1958 the nation was racist. White's only drinking fountains, and other venues. Blacks were hunted, like animals, hung, shot, and their churches burned with children inside. Things have changed, except now we have black beaten to death, shot, or incarcerated at an alarming rate for petty crimes, whereas whites are getting away with murder. The more they change the more they stay the same.

[NathanDavis]

could be about the bigger picture...

for example, a situation that keeps changing... but neve goes your way

so it doesn't matter how much they change, you're still the same... unlucky spot

relativity is trippy indeed...

[ArrowheadSW]

I've heard it before and I don't get it either... LOL

[Flower7]

I’m glad I’m not alone in that. I’ve been wondering if I’m missing something!

[Adam1978]

It's about the revealing of the larger picture and human nature that always remain the same the factions and the people may change but the same struggles are still there.

[BobbyC65]

the more things seem to change the more they stay the same.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ksGE4cqRzPM

[Crankor]

It can make sense but it doesn't really. If something were to really change then it wouldn't be the same. Only failed attempts would result in the same

[jahaims]

It means something changes but it doesn't change you. Like you might think you will feel better if you buy a new car but every morning you still have to drive to work regardless of having a new car.

[Playboy2424]

My xper point is too low for pm you.
Just wanna say thanks for follow me back.

You're very kind 😘

[joeldalton]

It does. It means that even though we progress, some of our basic instincts always remain in tact (among other definitions).

[loveslongnails]

It's the same as saying "Everything old is new again" or "History repeats itself".

[Bel88]

It doesn't make sense.

[Gwenhwyfar]

Change is only superficial

[Daniela1982]

I don't know. Ask Snake Pliskin (Kurt Russel).

[BaldAvenger]

It basically says that "History repeats itself!"

[pizzalovershouse]

Not really