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you know, jefferson was writing in the late 18th and early 19th century.
before the emergence of american capitalism.
the world now would be totally unrecognizable to him.
there is no point in making a fetish of his history-bound words, which are now irrelevant except at the level of empty bromides
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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