These eddies of trouble, the revival of secondary disputes and the mixture of economic policy with diplomatic grievances and popular rhetoric all echo the atmosphere of the early 1930s.
But if that primitive resonance is not achieved, storytellers are failing to fulfil what is perhaps their primary function, which is therapeutic – to act as an echo chamber to our deepest fears and desires, and thus help to integrate them into a healthy personality.
Then, with an uncanny echo of the 1979 FA Cup final, when Manchester United had recovered in similar fashion to draw level with Arsenal at 2-2, the coolest head on the field swung the match back on to its original course.
What is even more exciting is the agreement, but also the echo to do things differently; to stop piloting and go to scale with what works (and there is already a lot that works); and to treat agriculture, including smallholder agriculture, as a business.
Via his YouTube alias, sunsetcorp, there was his version – or "echo jam", as Lopatin labels it – of Chris de Burgh's ghastly 80s hit Lady in Red, which used various synth and looping techniques to transform it into a work of such disarming, heart-rending beauty that it prompted comments ranging from "the single greatest experience I have ever had" to "the sole reason YouTube should exist".
Ruth Fox, director of the Hansard Society, told the Guardian last week that turnout looked set to echo that of 2010, despite hopes that close contests in many constituencies might have encouraged more votes.
But beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, and my appraisal of the Longlands Lane turbine on a warm spring evening is not likely to echo that of locals who once knew and loved the empty sky it now fills.
The six-part series, which is expected to echo the dark humour of Davis's previous series, such as BBC3's Nighty Night and Sky Atlantic's Hunderby, takes up the story after eight years of high ratings and awards when the audience drifts away and tensions break out within the production team.
Bryant's comments echo those of actor David Morrissey, who last year said the arts were being closed off to many young people by a culture of elitism.
Ruth Fox, director of the Hansard Society, said turnout looks set to echo 2010, despite the closeness of many constituency contests which might have encouraged more votes.
Its evil echo reverberates in this new episode: Sansa refuses to eat, while the wicked King Joffrey is ascendant.
