I was thinking about this yesterday. Recently, I was somewhere mixing with people and some old guy was talking about how great of a President Biden was. My reaction was a, "WTF?" He also thought Obama was great. I mentioned the shit they did and the person literally got angry at me and insulting. My position was that there are no good US Presidents, no matter which side and the person acted as if I was some retarded young whipper snapper who knew nothing. "Biden supported everything bad the US has done over many decades." Refuted like I"m retarded. I mention the shit Obama did. Biden and the 90s Crime Act. More scoff.
"So you supported the Iraq war?"
The guys wife is like, "No of course not."
Me, "So what's the issue?"
The guy literally then had to end the conversation. He was too taken back to continue at my insolence. BTW the guy was a retired scientist.
The only way I can parse it, is that we live in a world with the citizens described in 1984. There is only the present narrative. There is no history to a large number of people.