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We also had discussions on war crimes, though that wasn’t until high school.

This was before 9/11, so the War on Terror had not happened yet. It was mainly focused on Vietnam. We did learn about some of the covert stuff, but most of it was not covered.

I agree none of it is part of mainstream US discourse, but neither is the vast majority of the things covered in history class. This reflects American anti-intellectualism overall imo.

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spencerwi@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Yeah, there’s a difference between “information that is not discussed because you’ll get a visit from the cops” and “information that is not discussed because, though it’s freely available, people don’t care enough to learn it.”

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- kuato@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  And where did you learn that in China you’ll be visited by the cops?
  
  You learned if from the very same Western propaganda machine we’re talking about. And you accepted it as fact without a thought.
  
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