Xiaohongshu users compared the old and new versions of the lesson "The Independence of the United States" in the ninth-grade first-semester world history textbook. The new excerpt no longer contains passages stating that the legitimate powers of government derive from the consent of the governed and that the people have the right to change or abolish a government that damages their rights. After retaining expressions such as "all men are created equal," it uses an ellipsis to connect directly to the paragraph declaring independence, and commenters joked that they were afraid students might awaken.