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[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 34 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

People halfway across the world know that the US civil war was about slavery.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

yes, but those people haven't been lied to their entire elementary & high school lives on the topic.

It's systemic ignorance.

(You can see the same thing in the Philippines about their current president's history. It's sad how common it is.)