in no other country on earth do you get people flocking to historical sites, ppledging allegiance to the current power structure or a sanitized history.

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1408379470193512451

  • Crowtee_Robot [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    You can literally go tour antebellum plantations that function as living museums (minus one or two aspects of the lifestyle to protect 'muh heritage').

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Did you know that the title of the novel (and film) Gone with the Wind refers to the beautiful way of life in the Antebellum South which was destroyed by the Civil War and that dastardly Sherman?

      The South was too beautiful a place to be let go without a struggle, too loved to be trampled by Yankees who hated Southerners enough to enjoy grinding them into the dirt, too dear a homeland to be turned over to ignorant people drunk with whisky and freedom.

      That blew my mind when I learned it. It's a shockingly reactionary story. Never read or seen it myself though.

      I'm pretty sure it's Ron Paul's favorite movie. :thonk: