History in the hands of manipulative politicians and incorrigible ideologues can be either a dangerously inebriating weapon to mobilize the masses, or, as James Joyce put it in Ulysses, “a nightmare” from which it is difficult to wake.
En manos de políticos manipuladores e ideólogos incorregibles la Historia puede ser ora un arma peligrosamente embriagadora para movilizar a las masas, ora “una pesadilla” de la que resulta difícil despertar, como James Joyce dijo en Ulises.