“Simping for” is fundamentally different from being interested in the history of. In some cases, quite the opposite.
I spent some time researching the legal frameworks of American slavery, and a ton of time on racist laws between Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, in large part because I think that it is under reported just how racist the origins of a lot of our day to day lives are. So when I’m deep in the weeds on racist history, it’s often because I can see the parallels today and don’t want to reinvent the wheel on stamping out the pockets of racism I actually have the power to change.
I agree. My point is that “simping for” imperial empires is not a new phenomenon so you would always have to guard with whom you share your interest and what their motives for it are.
“Simping for” is fundamentally different from being interested in the history of. In some cases, quite the opposite.
I spent some time researching the legal frameworks of American slavery, and a ton of time on racist laws between Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, in large part because I think that it is under reported just how racist the origins of a lot of our day to day lives are. So when I’m deep in the weeds on racist history, it’s often because I can see the parallels today and don’t want to reinvent the wheel on stamping out the pockets of racism I actually have the power to change.
I agree. My point is that “simping for” imperial empires is not a new phenomenon so you would always have to guard with whom you share your interest and what their motives for it are.