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> "In modern terms, Hughes was canceled. For a few months, the city was called Trotsk (after Leon Trotsky), until Trotsky lost in the power struggle inside the
by dluan 5y ago
> "In modern terms, Hughes was canceled. For a few months, the city was called Trotsk (after Leon Trotsky), until Trotsky lost in the power struggle inside the party and was himself canceled (see Figure 1)."
lol
- ls-lah_33 5y agoYeah, I had a laugh there as well. The author's equivocation between cancel culture and Stalinist censorship does seem like a bit of a stretch. I think a better analogy would be the explicit promotion of 'patriotic education' as a matter of official state policy [1]. [1] https://www.newsweek.com/what-1836-project-texas-promote-patriotic-education-1598616 https://www.newsweek.com/what-1836-project-texas-promote-pat...
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