S2 · Chapter 25: The Memory Hole (Part 1)—Erase

Written By Dennis Trainor Jr

In Part 1 of The Memory Hole trilogy, Lloyd Dobler takes Chapter 25 of the Tao Te Ching and uses it to diagnose the Trump administration's favorite three-step wellness routine: delete the receipts, slap "unity" on the lie, and scream DOW 50,000 like it's moral absolution.

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This episode is about erasure. The Stonewall flag. The Philadelphia slavery panels. The Smithsonian reframing directive. And the thing nobody in the outrage coverage is saying: we're not watching history get erased. We're watching the erasure of the erasure's correction. The memory hole has a memory hole inside it.

Featuring: Orwell (reluctantly), Oney Judge, Lao Tzu, and the witness protection program for your soul.

In this episode:

  • Why the Trump administration's history rewrite isn't new, it's just louder

  • The slavery exhibit that wasn't the original exhibit

  • Why "unifying narrative" is Newspeak for a story that makes power comfortable

  • Chapter 25 of the Tao Te Ching and why the origin can't be revised

  • The witness protection program for your soul

Dennis Trainor Jr http://www.DennisTrainorJr.com
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