As far as I can tell, most people who like history become fash. I've loved history from when I was 12, but now I'm not sure if I should. Even if they don't become fascist "entertainers", they become academics too obsessed with the minute details and not about how it meaningfully affects today's world.
Maybe I'm looking into the wrong field for what I'm interested in. Any thoughts?
If you love history, do history. Fascists like history because they think it reinforces their pre-existing worldview that they are superior to others. Capitalists like history for the same reasons, I assume. As a history major, you have an opportunity to counter false narratives on socialism and liberation struggles. If you participate in left-wing projects, history might inform you of historically successful and unsuccessful strategies. History won't make you fash