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What's a "normal" history class? Is that sufficient to impart the attitude on the population at large? The USA is, on the whole, an extremely, extremely unrepe
by RodericDay 10y ago
What's a "normal" history class? Is that sufficient to impart the attitude on the population at large?
The USA is, on the whole, an extremely, extremely unrepentant country. Your average american will admit to a good number of crimes, but immediately contextualize so as to not really feel guilt about it. "Why should I pay for the crimes of my ancestors" type stuff, a disconnect from te past.
This is why talk of e.g: reparations is incredibly, incredibly controversial.
- tropo 10y agoBeing unrepentant is different from forgetting. You said "America is allowed to forget", but that just isn't true. We are constantly reminded. It gets shoved down our throats all the time by self-loathing types, and most of us reject the guilt trip. Mostly, the rest of the world is far more awful, and we are thus justified in our national pride. The whole thing is like an original-sin (inherited, as from Adam and Eve) version of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-criticism#Communism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-criticism#Communism Groups that fail to build a large enough hill of skulls end up being part of a hill of skulls. There is no shame in being on the winning team, but there is plenty of shame if you undermine the success of your team and thus snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.