▲ 771 ▼ I think the biggest disservice that I received from my US Public School education was being taught that the civil rights movement was something from the past. (lemmy.world) submitted 4 months ago by BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 77 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Kayday@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (1 child) Not being taught about the Golden Age is another one. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world [S] 14 points 4 months ago (1 child) Ironically we did spend a lot of time on that (I went to school in the eighties) and a lot of folks knew Reagan had really done us dirty. It was probably above my head. Also, I went to a really good school. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Reagan had really done us dirty He definitely kicked the county while it was down. But a big part of the US Golden Age was being the last economy standing after WW2. The end of America's economic dominance was inevitable, as old colonial powers re-industrialized and newly liberated post-colonial states gained control of their natural resources for domestic use. By Nixon, American global dominance was sunsetting regardless of our domestic policies. That's why we gave up the gold standard and adopted the Petrodollar as a globalized economic strategy. We couldn't just import everyone else's gold and sell it back to them at a premium anymore. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world [S] 14 points 4 months ago (1 child) Ironically we did spend a lot of time on that (I went to school in the eighties) and a lot of folks knew Reagan had really done us dirty. It was probably above my head. Also, I went to a really good school. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Reagan had really done us dirty He definitely kicked the county while it was down. But a big part of the US Golden Age was being the last economy standing after WW2. The end of America's economic dominance was inevitable, as old colonial powers re-industrialized and newly liberated post-colonial states gained control of their natural resources for domestic use. By Nixon, American global dominance was sunsetting regardless of our domestic policies. That's why we gave up the gold standard and adopted the Petrodollar as a globalized economic strategy. We couldn't just import everyone else's gold and sell it back to them at a premium anymore. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Reagan had really done us dirty He definitely kicked the county while it was down. But a big part of the US Golden Age was being the last economy standing after WW2. The end of America's economic dominance was inevitable, as old colonial powers re-industrialized and newly liberated post-colonial states gained control of their natural resources for domestic use. By Nixon, American global dominance was sunsetting regardless of our domestic policies. That's why we gave up the gold standard and adopted the Petrodollar as a globalized economic strategy. We couldn't just import everyone else's gold and sell it back to them at a premium anymore. permalink fedilink source parent