“Undoing the Past” / Memorable Fancies #4382

[“…the obsessional undoing of the past….” – Slavoj Žižek]

       Can the past be undone?

       No, you say, the past is fixed, permanent, eternal. To the ends of recorded time and beyond, what you did will hide there, ready to be revealed to your shame at any time, “no matter,” as Nietzsche said, “that you have in the meanwhile ‘reformed.’”

       But now, friends, a technique has been discovered, that, for only a modest and affordable charge, can solve your problem.

       Not – change your past – not exactly, no, but make it seem at least inevitable, perhaps even … noble …

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