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What I am against is false optimism: the notion either that things have to go well, or else that they tend to, or else that the default condition of historical trajectories is characteristically beneficial in the long-run.

Tony Judt

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Was ich dagegen bin, ist falscher Optimismus: entweder der Gedanke, dass die Dinge gut laufen müssen, oder dass sie dazu tendieren, oder dass die Standardbedingung der historischen Trajektorien auf lange Sicht charakteristisch ist.

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