when it comes to africa for example i was taught that they're poor cause their land isn't harvestable or some bullshit like that, and then i find out as an adult it's actually cause western countries fucked the shit out of them and huh that makes a lot more sense
i was taught "the borders were arbitrarily made by white people and caused ethnic tension in the regions leading to excess warfare."
incomplete at best, but probably better than what most americans were taught.
Yeah that's what I was taught too
It's worth pointing out that even though this isn't the whole truth, it isn't false either. You can see this in how sometimes neighboring countries are more successful than others by virtue of the more successful one having a stable government for longer.
yeah absolutely, thats why i wanted to use the term "incomplete" because theres so much to it.
deleted by creator
Same.
That's true though. It's just that it's 2% of the entire situation