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   James Gleick (jamesgleick@zirk.us)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jun-2025 00:40:34 JST James Gleick

   Reminder that Republicans have chosen to wage war on teachers and librarians. We need teachers and librarians. They are people who are always underpaid, working for our children and our culture. How can attacking teachers and librarians be a good political strategy? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/01/hernando-county-ron-desantis-book-bans-democratic-governors/

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jun-2025 00:41:07 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     The answers are actually quite easy:

     1) fascist strategy of the #Alignment of society ("#GleichschaltungDerGesellschaft")

     https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/biopolitics-of-education-in-the-third-reichs-special-schools-and-elite-schools/E187EFBA9D9B8E71293A8741BE4BCCE5

     2) People that hold the key to knowledge are dangerous to an elite's power based on imaginery solutions.

     -》 #Orwell's #1984

     "Who controls the past controls the future" 

     -》 #bookburnings in #Fahrenheit451

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     PS:
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     Two black and white #mugshots of the "traitors" Jones and Rutherford

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     "Hate all enemies of the Party."

     #Orwell #BookBurnings #Fahrenheit451 #RayBradbury