(Guy Pearce in Memento, 2000.) In one sense, the culture wars are always about one thing: memory. Was what happened on January 6 an insurrection, or harmless high spirits? Who shapes what we recall, a mere five months later? Was America’s “foundational moment” in 1619, when African slaves were imported to make the New World project possible, or was it in the summer of 1776, when a former colony dared to declare a new thing? Whom do we trust to recount that history for our children?
Every Battle is a Battle over Memory
Every Battle is a Battle over Memory
Every Battle is a Battle over Memory
(Guy Pearce in Memento, 2000.) In one sense, the culture wars are always about one thing: memory. Was what happened on January 6 an insurrection, or harmless high spirits? Who shapes what we recall, a mere five months later? Was America’s “foundational moment” in 1619, when African slaves were imported to make the New World project possible, or was it in the summer of 1776, when a former colony dared to declare a new thing? Whom do we trust to recount that history for our children?