this is one of the Marx quotes that helped snap it into place for me

Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past.

from 18th Brumaire

okay I removed it but remember I was answering a different question and kinda talking past yours.

remember you can view source with the little document button and read it that way too