When insurrectionists become martyrs and history is rewritten, democracy doesn’t collapse, it’s quietly repurposed.
The Sword and the Amnesia: On the Political Rehabilitation of Insurrection and the Rewriting of American Memory
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When insurrectionists become martyrs and history is rewritten, democracy doesn’t collapse, it’s quietly repurposed.
In an age of endless information, ignorance isn’t accidental, it’s weaponized. And democracy is paying the price.
From Vietnam to Iran, the burden of war keeps falling on the same Americans, while the powerful find ways to avoid it.