Message from @not_matt
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isn't that propaganda on its own rights
history as a learned subject is pretty goddamn malleable, which is how you get this mythical american exceptionalism stuff being taught as historical
Well I mean
the professor in question is also a lawyer
or is the subject of history in school education itself a form of propaganda ?
I think I might have had a point I was trying to make with that statement, but I'm so tired that it was lost on me the second I posted that
hahaha
@Trestkie i think any teaching of past events is going to be colored by a certain ideological lens through which the events are viewed
that's true
thus, as a taught subject, history is necessarily propaganda, you have to teach kids critical thinking alongside so they can sort out the nonsense for themselves
>philosophy major lecturing people about why learning philosophy is important
>i am a living, breathing meme
Hey, you wasted your time with a worthless degree too?
im currently in the midst of pursuing the worthless degree! 😄
well im getting 2 degrees
double major in economics and philosophy
That's not too bad.
They complement each other.
well the problem with the econ degree is that i will literally commit suicide if i ever work in finance or business
they do totally complement each other
@not_matt >philosophy professor
No, academia is not place for a critical mind.
Academia needs a kick in the ass to get going again
*blushes* zielgy thinks i have a critical mind
Specifically the historical field
even academia is run on the profit motive now smh
>find new evidence for something
>throw it out because you wrote a thesis about it working the old way
Let me guess, early to mid 20th century Europe needs a look over.
No I'm talking antiques
Minor but not minor shit like the dates for monuments, migrations, etc
History's like a giant puzzle, and when some dumbass crams the wrong piece in the wrong gap it fucks everything up down the line
Disproving the Out of Africa Theory is more anthropology.
No not that
Goodness mind the assumptions
Well if you just go to the point I wouldn't need to.
More like get to an example
my boyfriend is fucking hammered rn and texting me
i miss him ugghhh
im so fuckin tired
im going to bed