[thanosnose]

> E.g. many of the naive arguments for razing Confederate history can be applied to American history, Native American history, etc. Without nuance, the conversation becomes "we are good and our history is good vs they are bad and their history is bad".

Don't forget the american revolution. It had nothing to do with liberty or freedom and everything to do with greed and the desire for native territory.

History is propaganda and everyone has their version of history.

Growing up in the northeast, we are taught propaganda about how we fought to end slavery. Lincoln is portrayed as the great emancipator. But closer examination of the civil war shows that's a blatant lie. We know the north didn't fight to end slavery. I don't know what they teach down south but I'm sure they have their own form of propaganda.

The civil war, like all wars, was about wealth. "States' rights", "slavery", "freedom", etc are just propaganda to hide the ugly truth.