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  • Chapo_is_Red [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    This is how people felt when 18th century fancy lads referenced ancient Greek/Roman history randomly.

  • plov_mix [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Cuz history isn’t really taught as history (e.g., material analyses and ideological critiques), it’s taught in the basic spirit of pop fiction anyway.

      • plov_mix [comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        Fortunately, at my uni at least, most incoming college-age students actually do see it as cringe or at least super problematic now, compared to the euphoria over it in 2015/2016.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Nice rant. I know what house the sorting hat would put you in! :maybe-later-kiddo:

  • Wheaties [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    because americans have very little exposure to the world beyond television and movies. the saddest part is, it's not really their fault - education is just somewhere to send the kids while you're at work, there's no real expectation for them to come away with a more complete understanding of our world.

    • commiecapybara [he/him, e/em/eir]
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      3 years ago

      I remember how a couple of months ago someone here posted scans from a DPRK history textbook and they used historical materialism to analyze everything. Meanwhile in America, they're teaching kids that the Civil War wasn't actually about slavery, and that capitalism is freedom :agony:

  • BigAssBlueBug [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    American middle class liberals have never faced anything even remotely as bad as war in their lives that wasn't in the form of media

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    not sure but my guess is they don't read books or know any history

    • Wheaties [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      i love it when my imagined future is just a dolled up reflection of the present