Sorry to sound hysterical, but as an actual history buff I hate these fucking memes. The only reason you’d prefer “history as a hobby” is if you’re trying to prove some vague point through cherrypicking historical fact.
Maybe I’m jaded because I know way too many people (I was one of them) who claimed to be “into history” but all they ever wanted to talk about was a few random factoids about World War 2 battles.
History is not taught to educate peaple about the past and the actions, decisions that led us to our present. Moreoften in capitalist society its just in school to feed the young masses the capitalist lies. History as a hobby(in online discussion) more often than not nose dive into random obscure facts and battles or rome\nazi german shit