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It seems that government schools are not that eager to teach about how governments killed 150+ million of their own citizens in 20th century. Maybe it’s to pro
by jedmeyers 8y ago
It seems that government schools are not that eager to teach about how governments killed 150+ million of their own citizens in 20th century. Maybe it’s to promote the idea that the fear of the tyrannical government is somehow irrational mere 18 years later.
- tomjakubowski 8y agoMy extremely run of the mill US suburban high school taught us about the Great Leap Forward in its regular world history curriculum.
- anothergoogler 8y agoParent said "of their own citizens", referring to Chinese schools.
- ataturk 8y agoI work with quite a few Millenials. I quiz them on history often. Few to none can tell me anything about China's human rights record or Russia's under Stalin. They have never heard of Pol Pot. Not a single clue.