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William Lindsey :toad:
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Jim Stewartson frames what Trump and the Republicans want to do with the Smithsonian (and with history itself) as "epistemological totalitarianism, or the seizure of the means of knowledge by the state."

He notes that he grew up outside DC, the son of a single mother. He was a poor student, but learned voraciously, often by visiting the Smithsonian.

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https://www.mind-war.com/p/the-war-on-knowing

William Lindsey :toad:
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He writes,

"I would never have learned the basic facts about the world that grounded me in objective reality for my entire life had it not been for the Smithsonian, and all the other museums around the Mall.

So "it’s fitting that the man who would be king is rewriting history in the Smithsonian to suit his alternate reality."

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William Lindsey :toad:
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"This is not just about changing the facts. Knowledge is made of facts whereas knowing is a process. You can erase or change knowledge all you want but if there is still a way to reality-test against the real world there is always a way to know the truth, to assert your epistemological freedom.

That’s why what the regime is doing is not just about changing exhibits, or facts. It’s about epistemic control—control of how you know anything at all."

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