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• baaaaaaaaaaah@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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  • Letstakealook@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I assure you it’s not taught as basic history here. Certain events from the period are discussed, but not with that phrasing.

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    • baaaaaaaaaaah@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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      • Letstakealook@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I already explained my reasoning, and it didn’t include just knowing what it is.

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    • Kuori@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      just because you’re an incurious dipshit doesn’t mean every person who lives here is. some people choose to learn more than the compulsory schooling they received.

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It is in the good/mediocre schools.

      Source: my school taught about the Opium Wars and one of the most famous descriptions in history

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• Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  no need to be a smug asshole about basic facts.

  speech-top

  :smuglord:

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• Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That individual is likely Chinese or has an unusual interest in 19th-century Chinese history for an American.

  That’s your response? i-cant

  I know its a specific historical term for the rapid decline of Qing-era China, but it’s not being a smug asshole, it’s clearly reading what’s on the tin.

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