Thursday, January 18, 2018

Rereading

Howard Zinn's classic A People's History of the United States. For 3rd or 4th time. Feels more shameful with each reading. Our mythology excuses nothing. What would happen if we taught children our true history?

Dare it be said? We deserve Donald Trump. Well, that's not fair, he did lose the popular vote and good folks are everywhere. But our failure, the failure of our education system, to create citizens not so easily duped is tragic.

Mencken saw this coming. Others did, very very early on. Of course, they were intellectuals. Eggheads. Bad capitalists. Who would believe them?

Interesting observation from book early on: Indians captured by whites and kept in white culture for a prolonged stay when released rushed home. Whites captured by Indians for a prolonged time when released ... the majority chose to stay with the Indians! 

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