one more thing about Paul Fussell, while we're talking about _Class_ that book is a lot of fun, but I think _The Great War and Modern Memory_ might be more important
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TGWMM chronicles the change in cultural and intellectual mores that occurred in the early 20C, as a result of the first World War it's the story of a civilization committing suicide, told through its literature
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he introduced the antebellum era in particular--an alien place for the 20C reader--before contrasting it with what came after its ideas died at Verdun and the Somme and Passchendaele
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while of course I mention it for No Particular Reason it may be relevant in a way similar to Class, but at scale and over time civilizations sometimes die quickly rather than fading away saeculum is important. real
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everything you knew when you were young is fading from memory my child will be born soon and she will never know the world before 9/11, nor even before Covid
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i don't know that there are any action items here. remember that the past is a strange world and some day we will be Past. memento mori, but for everything that you have known and grown to love. this too shall pass
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Replying to @eigenrobot
sigh you more than any other person force me to break out my dictionary this is a feat, i am old and have read many books At least 5
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if it makes you feel better I misspelled it the first time
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