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Leaders in the former Soviet Union learned the easiest way to erase an historical event was to remove all public record of it. For those who do not remember th
by rmason 5y ago
Leaders in the former Soviet Union learned the easiest way to erase an historical event was to remove all public record of it.
For those who do not remember they would arrest a member of say the Politburo and then all pictures of him with other leaders would be airbrushed out, sometimes even in library books. It was as if he was no longer ever born.
- mushbino 5y agoI work with a lot of Chinese nationals and they know far more about tiananmen than westerners. Look up operation yellowbird.
- space_fountain 5y agoNot to argue about this directly, but there is a stark difference in that we can argue about this. Is it not true that China will censor discussions about Tiananmen square especially if it disagrees with their narrative? Yes I'm sure Chinese citizens know some information about Tiananmen square that westerns don't. AKA the info and only the info that paints it as a western overreaction, but that has little meaning when it's literally the only narrative that's allowed. Also for the record. While interesting Operation Yellowbird seems entirely innocuous
- snek_case 5y agoSoon with machine learning erasing people out of pictures and videos will be easier than ever.