My history teacher says “geography is destiny” and made us watch guns germs and steel. I think bad empanada said this narrative promotes a lack of remorse for colonization because it’s characterized as inevitable. He didn’t explain why it was wrong though iirc. My teacher (who likes orwell) says it’s just material conditions. It could be argued that geography is created the original conditions that led to class society before class forced largely took over, though this could be taken to the extent of class being secondary. Anyone know about this?
I read that before, but forgot. I think the response would be that geography facilitated the interactions between old world societies leading to them being extra “advanced,” having the technology (guns, germs, steel, horses) to conquer others. Not that it caused every minute change.
Just walk into your next class an loudly proclaim “STALIN SAID THAT YOU ARE WRONG!” then refuse to elaborate and leave. You will soon find that your body will slowly transform into that of Arnold Schwarzenegger for you are now a sigma.