The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was.
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
"Every story has a thousand truths."
"The truth is often hidden in the details."