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The Line Between Memory and History - How long can collective memory really live? (dgardner.substack.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"in a time when Americans are as or more divided and polarized than at any time since the 19th century, the appeal of feel-good patriotic stories about Americans fighting “the last good war” should be greater today than in 1998."

Hot take:

A small part of the reason WW2 media is no longer popular is that it features Americans fighting Nazis and now a significant percentage of Americans are Nazis.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago

Hahahaha, right, right.

I do not think that word means what you think it means.