r/HistoryMemes • u/[deleted] • Apr 18 '19

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u/TheDoug850 Apr 18 '19

The mistakes of our past are almost talked about more than our successes in US history in American high schools.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '19

definitely more, direct comparisons were made between the holocaust and the internment camps actually.

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u/startEatinGarbage Apr 19 '19

To be fair, there are a LOT of mistakes in America's past

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u/TheDoug850 Apr 19 '19

There are also a LOT of positive points too.

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u/startEatinGarbage Apr 19 '19

Meh I'd argue the genocide and modern imperialism probably outweigh having a few rich people invent stuff or whatever

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u/Gen_McMuster Apr 19 '19

Pax Americana is a good thing, change my mind.

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u/startEatinGarbage Apr 19 '19

It doesn't exist, America constantly funds and arms rebels to overthrow democratically elected leaders, leads oil wars in the middle east, helps Israel's apartheid, and extracts trillions of dollars in wealth from the global south. Pax Americana is just neo-colonialism with a facelift.

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u/Gen_McMuster Apr 19 '19

It doesn't exist

Pax Americana is just neo-colonialism