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You're both way off. I asked four of the youngest people I know (ages 19-22) what Chernobyl was and only one knew. And only because of the TV show. You have n
by gettodachoppa 3y ago
You're both way off.
I asked four of the youngest people I know (ages 19-22) what Chernobyl was and only one knew. And only because of the TV show.
You have no idea how little the average youngster cares about stuff they didn't personally experience. Almost nobody is reading history articles on Wikipedia for fun. It's just Tik Tok, Insta, and Youtube.
For the majority of them, certain subjects will just be mentioned in passing 5 minutes in a history lesson, and it exits the student's brain within days, if not as soon as the bell rings.
- renegade-otter 3y agoOutside of Russia? Come on. Most young people know of Chernobyl because of the TV show. The tourism there spiked after HBO rolled it. The former USSR is a totally different matter. It's a very well-known and painful, very close part of history. Not knowing about it is a shocking level of ignorance and miseducation, and yet - this is what we have.
- gettodachoppa 3y ago20yo westerners are not watching HBO shows about old Russian scientists. If they're watching HBO at all, they're watching Euphoria. It takes a certain mindset and a modicum of appreciation for history to watch Chernobyl. I don't think it's a stretch to think a 22yo Russian farmer signed up for the military is just as disinterested in history.