America had manifest destiny and exceptionalism, and Britain had racial superiority backed by "science", both of which were used to pursue the interests of Capital.
What did Rome have?
America had manifest destiny and exceptionalism, and Britain had racial superiority backed by "science", both of which were used to pursue the interests of Capital.
What did Rome have?
I read that book!
It's pretty good. It's mostly about how most historians are bourgeoisie and how that colors their interpretations of certain historical events (and when it comes to ancient societies, literally every surviving history was written by a rich failson), so of course /r/askhistorians hates it.