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Germany changed its constitution, banned its former ruling party, and actively explores and teaches their school kids about their crimes. The US on the other ha
by rchaud 6mo ago
Germany changed its constitution, banned its former ruling party, and actively explores and teaches their school kids about their crimes. The US on the other hand has a chunk of its electorate flying Confederate flags and voting for politicians who think US history textbooks should be more "pro-American".
- nozzlegear 6mo agoI'm not saying the country is perfect right now. We need a third Reconstruction.
- mrguyorama 6mo agoWe need a first reconstruction. We voted in Confederate sycophants ASAP to undo the very first, and spent the next 100 years pretending that slavery wasn't still happening. Yet again we have instead voted in people who for some reason think the literal aristocracy system of the antebellum south was anything worth protecting, despite the southern US being so dysfunctional it could barely support a war of it's own making.