George Orwell in his all too prescient book "Animal Farm" writes this: "Totalitarianism demands... the continuous alteration of the past, and in the long run probably demands a disbelief in the very existence of truth."
As a result, unless challenged--vigorously, based on facts-- it is not just the future that belongs to the all-powerful, but also the past. We must combat the negation of truth with every bone in our body.
While what constitutes "truth" will often be hotly debated, what should not be debated is this. We are COMMITTED to identifying "truth", based on the best interpretation of available FACTS.
This lies at the foundation of a functioning democracy organization of any kind.
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