Too often, however, history is written and marketed in such a way as to be anything but liberating. The effect is not to enlighten, but to enforce th… - Michael Parenti

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Too often, however, history is written and marketed in such a way as to be anything but liberating. The effect is not to enlighten, but to enforce the existing political orthodoxy. Those who control the present take great pains to control our understanding of the past.

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Michael Parenti (born 30 September 1933) is an American political scientist, historian and media critic.

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In contrast, orthodoxy can rest on its own unstated axioms and mystifications, remaining heedless of marginalized critics who are denied a means of reaching mass audiences. Orthodoxy promotes its views through the unexamined repetition that comes with monopoly control of the major communication and educational systems.

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