If the past has nothing to say to the present, history may go on sleeping undisturbed in the closet where the system keeps its old disguises. (Eduardo Galeano)

If the past has nothing to say to the present, history may go on sleeping undisturbed in the closet where the system keeps its old disguises.

Eduardo Galeano

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