A Comm for Historymemes

Some do. My schooling made clear we were the good guys [relative] in that conflict. Sure we didn't talk about the "premature antifascist" designation, but we did get told of the inhumanity of the Japanese internment camps and how some Americans of Japanese decent (and even some Japanese immigrants) still wanted to fight Japan for our country. We also had acknowledgements that the Navajo code talkers were vital and had every reason not to want to aid us.

Other things we learned about that people assume we didn't include: the fact that our founding fathers were largely slave owners, that some of them were abolitionists and the fact that slavery was known to be evil at the time, the trail of tears, the fact that Nat Turner's rebellion inspired John Brown (though there was discussion on the ethics of their killing of children), the fact that we've broken nearly every treaty we've made with native Americans, and the fact that we overthrew multiple republics for cheap bananas.

The 90s history books made it seem like the Japanese concentration camps were a temporary vacation. Once everything was cleared up, they would be able to go home.

What they didn't mention was the conditions on the camps were horrible. They didn't include the propaganda against Japanese Americans. When the Japanese Americans went home, their homes and business were often destroyed. Trying to live like normal Americans was basically impossible by the amount of racism they received. Land of the free I guess.

We really don't. Our history curriculum is much more concerned with ancient history. As far as I can remember, we spent a little time on the colonisation of the Americas then didn't mention them again until the world wars.

Nah, we spend as much time on the American revolution as on our own civil war. Which is basically nothing.

I think I heard about cavilers and Roundheads in primary school, and that's it. No reason for the civil war, no discussion about what Cromwell did in Ireland.

Well I don't blame you for not thinking so. I can't find our contribution listed on the actual UN website. It's shown in other places but really weird that it's not of the official UN website. Also, all this is subject to change under our current fucktard-in-chief so I probably shouldn't plan on dying on this hill.

Definitely, look at the NATO contributions for last year though. Not specifically to lionize the US but literally Greece who is suffering financially but still like "nah dog, let's be the only place to pay half more of our expected contribution" and then Poland who quietly started doubling it last year for impending blyat reasons.