in no other country on earth do you get people flocking to historical sites, ppledging allegiance to the current power structure or a sanitized history.

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1408379470193512451

  • mr_world [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/

    Tourists, dressed in replica colonial costumes, raise their right fists and pledge their allegiance to the United States of America

    This is "colonial tourism" in Virginia, where people flock to historic sites to absorb a sanitized version of the country's history.