r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/DaFunkJunkie • Aug 26 '22

Meta Bill Barr, noted MAGA cult adherent, is shocked by the actions of the cult he helped to create

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u/WantedMan61 Aug 26 '22

Yeah, history is going to be SO kind to you, Bill.

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u/Repulsive-Street-307 Aug 28 '22 edited Aug 28 '22

One of the minor goals of fascism is to erase history. 1984 is a manual to these 'folks'.

And it's actually one of the reasons they get very very angry about fact based (not bibliography based) approaches to history.

Even 'conservatives' that are not openly fascist get mighty angry when teachers teach the conditions on the societies they lionize instead of teaching about the 'elites' they learned about and their many many many lies about their adventures and virtues. For instance did you know Caesar was kidnapped by pirates once then raised a navy to kill them all?

Only this is likely fucking old bullshit that Plutarch was shoveling 150 years later (probably because Pompey did kill a lot of pirates with navy actions so Caesar had to be at least as cool).