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The two most depressing books I have read recently are A People's History of the United States and Lies My Teacher Told Me and I wish I had read them when I was
by stevenwoo 8y ago
The two most depressing books I have read recently are A People's History of the United States and Lies My Teacher Told Me and I wish I had read them when I was a child but YMMV.
- tome 8y agoHopefully the fourth paragraph of the Wikipedia article will help you feel less depressed, since "A People's History of the United States has been criticized heavily by historians from across the political spectrum. Critics assert blatant omissions of important historical episodes, uncritical reliance on biased sources, and systematic failures to examine opposing views." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_People%27s_History_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_People%27s_History_of_the_Un...
- stevenwoo 8y agoThere is a late chapter where the author has a full throated call for what sounds like community socialism as practiced by Jesus and in my opinion the book is worse for it but the excerpts from the interviews he did in the latest editions and separate book make up for it, also I appreciated the alternative sides that were fighting on all sorts of political issues that lost even if they are seen as biased because the it's natural for either side in a conflict - it's interesting because I'm old enough to have been taught the Columbus and Pilgrams as beneficient travelers tale even up to high school, and the native American experience/side is pretty inadequately covered by most all media.
- cityzen 8y agothanks, I will put these on my list!