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“McLuhan anticipated that the electronic age would be one of constant change, such that nobody could adapt quickly enough. As a result, people would be plunged into nostalgia, and yearn for their old, solid identities”

.…and now we discover that the ‘nostalgia’ people yearn for is rabid antisemitism and hypocritical government inaction. Marshall - why would people be plunged back to a solid hatred that predates their lived experiences?

(Personal nostalgic note: thanks for the pix of my old friend Russel Horton - actor on the left of Woody Allen - who brought my scripts to life as the voice of The Trix Silly Rabbit. Now that is a comforting harp-back for my soul.)

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