Gabe Bell@lemmy.world to tumblr@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoI remember someone asked why the show couldn't be called "Big Sister"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square168linkfedilinkarrow-up1713arrow-down19
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minus-squareslackassassin@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoSudying Greek history and mythology merely for the sake of propaganda and as a through line to exceptionalism is not a fact, no.
minus-squareMnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days agoI see where you’re misunderstanding here. It’s not the studying, it’s the specific western-centric framing that I’m talking about. Unless you spent a lot of time talking about the Ottomans? Or Aboriginal Dreamtime?
Sudying Greek history and mythology merely for the sake of propaganda and as a through line to exceptionalism is not a fact, no.
I see where you’re misunderstanding here. It’s not the studying, it’s the specific western-centric framing that I’m talking about. Unless you spent a lot of time talking about the Ottomans? Or Aboriginal Dreamtime?