“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right."

To create the "future" they must tear down the past. Once you destroy the past, telling people who they were and where they came from, you are free to define and even assign the future to people.

"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past."

This is why the We were kangz crap exists. This is why people support Jewish revisionism and deny our own documented history. This is why...

the football teams that come together and let the chemo kid get a touchdown before he dies. Everyday acts of kindness matter. People worry so much about defining it you know. I think it begins with empathy and doing something about sometingh you believe in. Idk what i believe in. Politics is crazy and its not like I have anything in common with any of em. So much theater. Athletes that come hang out with make a wish kids even. Kindness matters even when it's done for pr purposes. Shaq has visited a ton of sick kids like a lot of athletes. I like the intention. Means the world to a kid.

edit: It's very easy to be a cynic you know. But living means giving. Even when it's your time. And shaq gomes to mind because he's the biggest person most kids have ever seen. Like a living giant. He probably blows their mind. Like visiting your elementary school to vote. it's so tiny feeling. Everything feels bigger from a kids perspective.