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With the destruction of history, contemporary events themselves retreat into a remote and fabulous realm of unverifiable stories, uncheckable statistics, unlikely explanations and untenable reasoning.

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Guy Debord
Age: 62 †
Born: 1931
Born: December 28
Died: 1994
Died: November 30
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