The Politics of Mourning

The Politics of Mourning

We remember, therefore we exist. It’s what we tell ourselves to make the unbearable bearable—to shape the chaos of loss into narratives we can digest. Remembrance becomes our moral compass, the glue that holds the "we" together. But who decides what we remember—and, more importantly, what we choose to forget?By Rafael BarochIn the Netherlands, May 4th is a day for commemoration. Every year, at eight o’clock, the country halts for two minutes, th…