Written history cannot be complete or always comprehensive enough to form today's opinions of those long departed. We read and study it but it must come from more than one source if we want the larger picture. I see no reason to jump up and down in anger over events written into history. I also contend that much that we think of as being evil was done without evil intentions and we cannot apply today's standards when reading this stuff.
Remember that more has been passed down by mouth than could ever be written. Hmmm..., I think I've heard something like that from another source. Pounce if you wish. ![]()
Haven't read all of it; I may spend some time with Loewen's book.
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/08/history-education-post-truth-america/566657/
"History and social studies, as taught in school, make us less good at thinking critically about our past."
I have to agree. Here in NM not all that much is taught, and even less about causality beyond the basics. Plus, our soundbite society wants quick and recent; "trending" is the watchword.
Fail example:
After WWII the West needed oil, and there was an oil-rich country with a weak government that directly bears on the current specific problems the US is having in the Middle East.
The kingdom of Persia, now Iran, was ruled more or less legitimately by the Pahlavi family, in the usual despotic way of their kind. The Dulles family, two of whom were Secretary of State and CIA chief, supported the Shah in what we now know was their usual despotic way. Now, Trump and a radical Muslim leader throw insults at each other, perhaps to be followed by nukes. The one caused the other, as we've seen since 1979.
I know this because of a casual news reference once to torture used by the newly installed mullahs, on their own people, as one despitic rulership succeeded another. That method came from the CIA.
'How do we handle this guy?'
'Remember what SAVAK* did to us when that American was here?'
'Sure, let's do that to him!'
*https://duckduckgo.com/?q=savak&t=fpas&ia=about
Now, nobody knows this, and a latter day Goebbels can tweet misstatements to his heart's content.
The result? At the very least, the wrong actions that arise from using wrong information.

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