Down down the memory hole

"Winston's greatest pleasure in life was in his work. Most of it was a tedious routine, but included in it there were also jobs so difficult and intricate that you could lose yourself in them as in the depths of a mathematical problem -- delicate pieces of forgery in which you had nothing to guide you except your knowledge of the principles of Ingsoc and your estimate of what the Party wanted you to say. Winston was good at this kind of thing." - George Orwell, 1984

Recalling Neal Postman thinking that had Stanley Milgram's subjects been required to read a classic work on obedience to authority and the claim of simple administrating policies not being a defense for causing harm they would have been less inclined to cause harm, I'd like to hope that if more people had read 1984 before voting for Trump they'd be less likely to support his administration creating memory holes. 

 In July, the National Museum of American History removed a placard from a display of presidential impeachments. The placard included Trump’s two impeachments. The placard that replaced it stated that “only three presidents have seriously faced removal”: Andrew Johnson, Richard M. Nixon and Bill Clinton. 

 The former placard including Trump’s two impeachments had been on display since September 2021. 

 A person familiar with what occurred told The Washington Post that the former placard had been removed following pressure from the White House

The Smithsonian (which is supposed to be independent of the Executive branch of government, but that was under our old system of government which was based in laws and the Constitution, not the Leader's will) has issued a statement saying the display will be updated in the coming weeks to include Dear Leader's record breaking two impeachments. We'll see how long that stands before it too goes into the memory hole.