I’d be more ok with WWII and Roman history if it was taught with the context or explanation that Nazi Germany modeled its laws and general idea of conquering the east on what the United States had done in its west (and country as a whole). Or that many of the founding fathers were super into Rome and what that means beyond “Rome had a republic!” It was also a fully militarized colonization machine even in its republic time. I mean, Caesar took power after going on a campaign of pure conquest across the entirety of Europe

I guess my point is if they want to focus on those two topics in the US they should also focus on why the US is generally obsessed with them. If they want to teach about Rome, ok, but talk about more than its ideals and more about its martial nature and how it failed to live up to any sort of democratic ideals.

Also the amount of dipshit Americans who think the US was the le epic destroyer of the Nazis and winner of WWII when it was objectively the Soviets is too damn high. Maybe they should teach more WWII history and literally only talk about the eastern front. One because it would enrage the hogs and libs alike, but two because the western front has been talked about ad nauseam. I don’t want to downplay events there, but Jesus Christ, the hell that was unleashed in Eastern Europe by the Nazis is nearly erased from the American memory because it’s brushed over in the history and there’s few media depictions of it. Certainly no Band of Brothers style stuff for the Soviets. (I would love to see that, btw, if it already exists and I’m unaware.) Perhaps a show about the Chinese communists fighting and defeating warlords and fascists in their country. There’s so much media potential purely from a capitalist money making mindset and no one has bothered, to my knowledge. I don’t trust Westerners to do it justice, but it’s basically just ignored and thus forgotten to media obsessed Americans.