In Soviet Russia,it was a common practice to edit old photographs to reflect the current political mood and to treat the doctored photos as representations of reality rather than modifications of it.For example,Stalin's friends who turned into his enemies were cut out of pictures with him.These pictures were examples of

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The practice of editing old photographs to reflect the current political mood and treating the doctored photos as representations of reality rather than modifications of it is an example of simulacrum, which is a copy or representation of something that has no original or genuine article.

In Soviet Russia,it Was a Common Practice to Edit Old