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American Decadence - Burlesque of the Absurd

American Decadence - Burlesque of the Absurd

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“When people accept futility and the absurd as normal, the culture is decadent. The term is not a slur; it is a technical label.” 

From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 - 2000 (Pg. 11)

Jacques Barzun - American Historian of Ideas and Culture (1907 - 2012)

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