• CalypsoGirl@lemmy.today
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    1 day ago

    Anyone interested in history better start collecting actual tangible history books before they’re all destroyed, and read & learn from those books, before TPTB use computers & internet & ai to rewrite past history to change & omit past historical events for their own nefarious purposes.

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      23 hours ago

      I’m not trying to be contrarian or defeatist here, but would it really be useful if basically everyone else “knows” the official story?

      I can 100% see why it would be important to fight for and preserve, but on the individual scale it looks like a steady train to being that weird guy who [hates our country / is a terrorist / believes our people have ever been baddies / etc]

      • douglasg14b@lemmy.world
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        16 hours ago

        … Yes?

        Public knowledge drives public opinion and decision making.

        A lack of knowledge of history makes us more likely to repeat history. Rewriting of history is usually a tactic that prevents mistakes of the past from being taught or learned, often for a direct benefit to an entity.