r/marvelstudios - Did anyone else not know that Pakistan used to be part of India before watching Ms. Marvel? Or that it’s only 70 years old or so?
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Incredibly sad that so many people in the imperial core can only learn about history when their superhero entertainment slop barely mentioned it. Watchmen had a scene showing the Tulsa massacre and millions of white people were like, "Wait, that happened?" I guess we need Spider Man 9 to have a scene detailing the Iran-Contra scandal for most people to realize that Reagan wasn't a great guy.

  • KurtVonnegut [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    …and then the Natives taught the Pilgrims to grow corn and they became best friends and lived happily ever after

    Fun fact: the reason that "Squanto" knew how to speak English, and became friends with the Pilgrims, is because he had previously been captured and sold into slavery by John Smith. He was freed from slavery by compassionate Spanish priests and returned to America to find that his entire village had died of western diseases. So that's why he became a translator.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squanto#Abduction