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Maximillian Alvarez is a dual-PhD candidate in History and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan. He is also a columnist at the Baffler and hosts the podcast Working people.
What does it mean to live in a world in which history has rusted under the monstrous weight of the permanent now?
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