More like tailingmomentum (thelemmy.club)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by plinky@hexbear.net to c/slop@hexbear.net

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apparently, aocia claimed american war of independence was against rich people

*found it https://nitter.net/MarcoFoster_/status/2053273753401143399

AOC: “America was founded in revolt of British aristocracy. The American Revolution was against the billionaires of their time. It’s actually the most American thing in the world for us to be fighting for the working class. It’s actually patently un-American to transform our country into a place of kings and landed gentry”

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[-] Wheaties@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

Yeah, I didn't understand what they meant by that. The follow up tweet clarifies the position a little more;

This is a full-on white flag waving unconditional surrender for the entire effort to re-conceptualize America and American history that wokeness was all about

but Ill be honest, I never saw much push back against US civic mythology. Let alone a re-conceptualization of our history. I guess the 1619 project? But even that (as best I understand it) kinda centered the English controlled/speaking colonies. Any project that treats the histories of South and Central America as different from the US and Canada is kinda doomed to failure. Can't do a paradigm shift while staying inside the prescribed box.