It is interesting to the West to see in real-time someone becoming an “Unperson”.
To be fair, we have it here in the USA, the mechanism is just a little bit different is all.
And we are closer to doing it the way they do. Up front. On television. In the open. With everyone else present pretending it isn’t happening, and understanding the rule that the “unpersoned” person can no longer be mentioned in public or private at the risk of being “Unpersoned” yourself.
Kind of like that scene in the “Left Behind” movie?