of | history' | was | in | the |
nineteenth | century | a | reactionary | and |
ridiculous | belief, | at | a | time |
when | so | many | powerful | social |
movements | were | stirring | up | the |
masses. | Today's | pseudo-rebels | are | well |
aware | of | this, | thanks | to |
hearsay | or | a | few | books, |
and | believe | that | it | remains |
true | for | eternity. | They | refuse |
to | recognize | the | real | praxis |
of | their | time; | it | is |
too | sad | for | their | cold |
hopes. | The | state | notes | this |
fact, | and | plays | on | it. When |
almost | every | aspect | of | international |
political | life | and | ever | more |
important | aspects | of | internal | politics |
are | conducted | and | displayed | in |
the | style | of | the | secret |
services, | with | decoys, | disinformation | and |
double | explanations | (one | may | conceal |
another, | or | may | only | seem |
to) | the | spectacle | confines | itself |
to | revealing | a | wearisome | world |
of | necessary | incomprehensibility. | This | tedious |
series | of | lifeless, | inconclusive | crime |
novels | has | all | the | dramatic |
interest | of | a | realistically | staged |
fight | between | blacks, | at | night, |