If you haven't read '1984' in a while, I suggest a rereading - the book's protagonist, Winston Smith, works in the Ministry of Truth, and his job is to rewrite history to conform to the current desires of the 2%, that is the Inner Party.
I don't think any of us expected to see an actual Ministry of Truth, but lo and behold I just came across a document produced by elements of the UN that are directed to the the goal of controlling 'historical memory' and if you read it you'll see that they have been at it for some time.
The document ... 'EUROPEAN HISTORICAL MEMORY: POLICIES, CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES'
http://ift.tt/2tr8039
We can get an idea of the concerns of the organization from this sentence, which is repeated several times in the document and is remarkable for its sheer idiocy to the point of comedy ...
"At the same time, concentrating European efforts for transnational historical remembrance on the Holocaust and National Socialism as well as Stalinism proves problematic in two respects. Firstly, such an approach fosters a biased black-and-white scheme of history that makes Europe’s 'dark past' appear as the logical alternative to its 'bright present'."
The part that seems funny to me is Europe's .... bright present.
If only.
I don't think any of us expected to see an actual Ministry of Truth, but lo and behold I just came across a document produced by elements of the UN that are directed to the the goal of controlling 'historical memory' and if you read it you'll see that they have been at it for some time.
The document ... 'EUROPEAN HISTORICAL MEMORY: POLICIES, CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES'
http://ift.tt/2tr8039
We can get an idea of the concerns of the organization from this sentence, which is repeated several times in the document and is remarkable for its sheer idiocy to the point of comedy ...
"At the same time, concentrating European efforts for transnational historical remembrance on the Holocaust and National Socialism as well as Stalinism proves problematic in two respects. Firstly, such an approach fosters a biased black-and-white scheme of history that makes Europe’s 'dark past' appear as the logical alternative to its 'bright present'."
The part that seems funny to me is Europe's .... bright present.
If only.
via International Skeptics Forum http://ift.tt/2sWM0JG
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