Cultural Gaslighting; or, “Falsified History Syndrome”

“The bourgeoisie turns everything into a commodity, hence also the writing of history. It is part of [the bourgeoisie’s] being, of its condition for existence, to falsify all goods: it falsified the writing of history. And the best-paid historiography is that which is best falsified for the purposes of the bourgeoisie.” — Friedrich Engels, “Notes … Continue reading Cultural Gaslighting; or, “Falsified History Syndrome”