[news] Reagan and Amnesia

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It's not for nothing that the elimination and distortion of popular historical 
memory has always been a central project of totalitarianism. The accurate and 
widespread understanding of the past is critical for effective popular 
government. Like an individual who loses her memory, a citizenry that lacks a 
rich and truthful record of prior experience is easy prey for authoritarian 
misleaders, who write their special "elite" interest into the great narratives 
that provide meaning and direction to shared human experience.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/6/16/134742/744