• PanArab@lemm.eedeleted by creator
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    2 years ago

    People halfway across the world know that the US civil war was about slavery.

    • ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      yes, but those people haven’t been lied to their entire elementary & high school lives on the topic.

      It’s systemic ignorance.

      (You can see the same thing in the Philippines about their current president’s history. It’s sad how common it is.)