OK, but also to say that the country was ‘built’ is kind of a false premise, that feeds into the whole capitalist fairy tale.
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rockSlayer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
First it was the Native Americans, then it was slaves and indentured immigrants, and finally it was organized labor. The nice part is that history education in MN is fairly decent about illustrating this
4oreman@lemy.lol 1 year ago
Badeendje@lemmy.world 1 year ago
#serious: If it was not built, then what?
4oreman@lemy.lol 1 year ago
Its not even a thing, its like saying Disney built star wars.
Badeendje@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Bad example aside, that kinda glosses over the blood, sweat, tears and dead bodies of the people that actually built the buildings, infrastructure and communities you live in doesn’t it?
sxan@midwest.social 1 year ago
It was a group effort!