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I find that hard to believe. 200 years ago was the early 1800s. We have hardly "forgotten everything" about Beethoven, Dickens, the abolitionist movement, the
by maweaver 5y ago
I find that hard to believe. 200 years ago was the early 1800s. We have hardly "forgotten everything" about Beethoven, Dickens, the abolitionist movement, the war of 1812, etc. I can almost guarantee in another 200 years, the civil rights movement, the vietnam war, the cold war, and the beatles will all be taught to some degree or another.
- toyg 5y agoI'm sure you can walk down the street and ask people "do you remember the war of 1812" and most will answer "wut?". Obviously historians will care, but society as a whole won't. We barely remember the 1960s.
- JKCalhoun 5y agoDo you remember your President Nixon? Do you remember the bills you had to pay? Or even yesterday? (Sorry, this young American couldn't help it.)
- InitialLastName 5y agoIn the US, they sing a song about the war of 1812 before every major event. People might not remember the details, but it's fully baked into our culture.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoEveryone still talks about slavery’s effects.
- 93po 5y agoI think that's because race issues are still very much (and sadly) a thing in 2021, and understanding race issues in historical context is very important. Also slavery still exists to this day.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoRace issues are an issue everywhere. No study of American slavery would help any race issues today, nor has it ever.
- 93po 5y agoI guess we'll have to strongly disagree on this