In the early 80s a university near me began purging history books that would counter their coming narrative. I bought some leather bound official histories about the revolution in Russia for pennies. Rare inside stories that countered the official narrative. A friend and I saw the pile and after looking at the titles, said, "Oh look.......a book burning."
I'm convinced the whole purpose of archival institutions is to make us trust enough to put all the info in one place so they can eventually destroy it easily.
Goes all the way back to that Indiana Jones programming: "It belongs in a museum!"
In the early 80s a university near me began purging history books that would counter their coming narrative. I bought some leather bound official histories about the revolution in Russia for pennies. Rare inside stories that countered the official narrative. A friend and I saw the pile and after looking at the titles, said, "Oh look.......a book burning."
I'm convinced the whole purpose of archival institutions is to make us trust enough to put all the info in one place so they can eventually destroy it easily.
Goes all the way back to that Indiana Jones programming: "It belongs in a museum!"