Introduction
"How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?"
- John Lennon, How?, September 1971
Before we can present ideas on where we go from here, it is instructive to come to some understanding of how we got here in the first place. Scholars will surely debate this issue for decades and never come to a consensus, but nevertheless, we will do our best to present some plausible ideas.
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