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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❀️ πŸ’» ✍️ πŸ₯ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·") wrote:

I sometimes wonder, in the past 3 or so years, if there was a mass effort to rewrite history on Wikipedia, and to make leftist theories scary to the lay.

Look at the intro paragraphs for "official culture" written in 2023 (left) vs today (right).

Could they shove the term "Marxist" in there more? Lmao.

[2023: Official culture From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Official culture is the culture that receives social legitimation or institutional support in a given society.!!! Official culture is usually identified with bourgeoisie culture.!?! For revolutionary Guy Debord, official culture is a "rigged game", where conservative powers forbid subversive ideas to have direct access to the public discourse, and where such ideas are integrated only after being trivialized and sterilized 3]3
Official culture is a term used in Marxist circles for the culture that they consider is receiving social legitimation or institutional support in a given society.!! According to Marxists, "official culture" is usually identified with bourgeoisie culture.!?! For French Marxist theorist Guy Debord, official culture is a "rigged game", where "conservative powers" forbid subversive ideas to have direct access to the public discourse, and where such ideas are integrated only after being trivialized, and sterilized.