TO EXIT IS NOT TO LEAVE by Jarek Kubacki

You wake up one day and realise it’s XXI century. Post-2nd World War idealism is a distant memory. The phrase ’United we stand, divided we fall’ is as outdated as a landline phone. In the meantime, authoritarianism and white nationalism is on the rise around the world. Seems like the desire to separate, divide and detach is flowing through the collective unconscious strongly yet again. Maybe the world is just a bit fed up with itself? The idea to leave, start fresh, live in a better world is universal. But what is a better world and how do you get there? Do you just go through the door and leave everything behind? Maybe you were just following the signposts. But who put them on there for you?

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