A lot of people view the past as basically okay, fundamentally decent, and the "project of modernity" as an experiment Trying to bolt on some extras to the basic model, bonuses, nice-to-haves Give women, minorities, queer people a little bit of civil rights as a treat
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The point of stuff like the 1619 Project is to try to slap people out of the attitude The past was a fucking prison, a litany of horrors, one big atrocity, and the *worst part* is we were all taught it was normal, that we *defended* it
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