Written by Cari Borden

Let’s stop pretending book bans and “curriculum adjustments” are about sparing someone’s feelings. They’re not. They’re about control. Because the minute we start connecting the dots between yesterday’s injustices and today’s headlines, the elites’ game plan starts to look a little… familiar.

The Real Reason History Gets Erased
They know if we understood the whole history, the good, the bad, and the downright ugly, we’d:

• Adapt the Good: Imagine actually progressing instead of spinning in the same hamster wheel.
• Correct the Bad: Not repeat it. Radical idea, right?
• Demolish the Ugly: Rip it out by the roots instead of letting it fester.

But that would mean questioning the systems that make them money. And nothing is scarier to the elites than a society that learns, adapts, and evolves.

The Puppet Show
Make no mistake, this isn’t about “comfort.” It’s about profit. The elites are the puppet masters, pulling strings while we argue about what belongs in a textbook. Meanwhile, they cash in on division, ignorance, and distraction. If history gets too clear, their trip to outer space on the next golden rocket might have to wait.

Current Parallels

• States stripping classrooms of books that highlight racism, labor movements, or women’s rights.
• Corporations donating to both sides of the political aisle to keep the fights alive while they count profits.
• Media spin machines convincing us that learning from the past is somehow a threat to “freedom.”

Final Thought
When history is hidden, patterns get repeated. That’s the point. The elites thrive when we can’t recognize the script. So read the banned books. Ask the forbidden questions. Remember the ugly truths. Because the second we remember, the puppet show ends, and the strings snap.

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