 I'm kind of reminded here with a quote from Edward Said, the future, like the past, is built by human beings. They, and not some distant mediator or savior, provide the agency for change. The idea here is that time only goes forward. We cannot undo the past. We have to be informed by the past, inspired by the past. And maybe sometimes the past is a cautionary tale. But in the end, time only moves forward and liberation itself has to only move forward.