Comment on If what they taught us about checks and balances was a lie maybe what they taught us about civil disobedience was a lie too.

Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• yesman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  IDK, in school they spent a lot of time on MLK and Gandhi, focusing on non-violence. You’d never even know that these men ever talked about anything else.

  Nobody ever learns about Fred Hampton, the Haitian revolution, or Malcolm X by sticking to the curriculum.

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  • Nougat@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Or the Pullman Strike, Haymarket.

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    • tamal3@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Labor unions were integral to both of these movements. Students may not have learned much about labor unions in school, but the political elites sure have focused on dismantling them.

      The workweek strikes in France a few years ago were entirely organized by five or so labor unions. They wanted to maintain their 35-hour work week. Can you imagine?

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  • Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    We covered Malcom but mostly as independent research.

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• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Teaching is something usually done by teachers and or parents

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  • Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Or youtube… now…

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    • Vupware@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      YouTube is a VERY SHARP double edged sword. There is a wealth of knowledge, but there’s also a wealth of disinformation.

      It’s also a bit of a catch-22; YouTube can teach you to think critically and look for good sources, but the algorithm will not start that cycle for you.

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      • Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Im just saying thats where the children are learning things now. Its not a suggestion its the realitym

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