• thebeardedpotato@lemmy.world
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    24 天前

    Most of the US won’t even understand the significance of him saying “final solution.”

    This isn’t me being a pessimist and cynical, I have just met many people over the past few years who are woefully ignorant of basic history :(

    I spoke to someone who somehow confused the American Revolution and the Civil War

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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      24 天前

      lol yeah… checks out

      If nothing else, the last decade has made it absolutely undeniable to me that there are an absolute shitload of willfully uninformed and intentionally ignorant people in this fucking country, and it’s only getting worse 🫠