Hypothetically, if governments wordwide just suddenly became authoritarian and deleted all records of history, you and some survivors escape to a remote area outside of government control, they all can’t remember much from history (either didn’t pay attwntion in class, or suffers memory loss from the governemtn attacks) and so you are designated as this community’s official historian. How much can you remember? What’s gonna be the official narrative of your little rebel community?

    • Hupf@feddit.org
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      15 hours ago

      I have a stack of the Animorphs in my attic. Yours is just speculative fiction.

          • MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social
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            2 hours ago

            Ok, I see what you mean. Counterpoint: how could/would anyone? If someone wanted to have “faith” enough they could feasibly handwave away anything that didn’t jive with what they wanted the past to be. And in a situation where cross referencing would be nigh on impossible? I mean…I’ve got nothing. “Trust me bro.”

      • MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social
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        15 hours ago

        Like others, I question the ability to delete a book. And while a regime would be able to change digital literature easily, and educational literature like school books being a close second; changing a book in someone’s storage unit is a lot harder.

        It also handwaves away the other ways we keep history as well. Would people’s family photo albums be deleted? What about a great grandma’s diary? In some rural areas the family bible has some insanely well kept family records.