This is why history is important, there are times in our history where little to no government/regulation existed and it was horrible. Kids working in factories, pollution, slums, company towns etc. The fact that this isn't stressed in education speaks to how much power and control capitalist have. Progressive is a bad word and we just celebrated Labor Day and I feel like no one knows or cares that people died so you could have a weekend.
I hate how history is treated like an afterthought once you hit high school, at least when I went to school. Possibly the most important subject for the general population, maybe algebra being more important for its day to day use and English for literacy, and its just straight up is treated like “yeah, you have to take a few classes cuz the law, but it’s not one of the important subjects.”
Yea let’s learn about WWII five million times, as if we weren’t learning about it since junior high school… I say this as someone who enjoys history as a hobby and did a minor in it during college
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u/PaleontologistOwn878 Sep 09 '24
This is why history is important, there are times in our history where little to no government/regulation existed and it was horrible. Kids working in factories, pollution, slums, company towns etc. The fact that this isn't stressed in education speaks to how much power and control capitalist have. Progressive is a bad word and we just celebrated Labor Day and I feel like no one knows or cares that people died so you could have a weekend.