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minus-squareLife2Spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoIt’s in the name, “Simple History”. It’s the same for the “Armchair Historian”. Perhaps the name is a Freudian slip?
minus-squareDamarcusArtlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoNo, it’s more like disdain for “professionals.” It’s anti-intellectualism. “I’m not one of those stuck up snobs in their ivory towers, I’m just a regular guy like you viewer! So you can trust me, but not those people who tell me how wrong I am.”
It’s in the name, “Simple History”. It’s the same for the “Armchair Historian”. Perhaps the name is a Freudian slip?
No, it’s more like disdain for “professionals.” It’s anti-intellectualism. “I’m not one of those stuck up snobs in their ivory towers, I’m just a regular guy like you viewer! So you can trust me, but not those people who tell me how wrong I am.”