freetospeak
Re:“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book”
on Monday July 08, 2013 @05:38AM (#6005939)
One of your examples is about a private business. All but one of the others describe simply the brutality of colonization. It wouldn't be good propaganda if it looks 100% squeaky clean.
Think about what meaningful questions are left unanswered. Why is it that any serious examination of the US' covert wars across the world is skipped entirely? Why is the entire era 1945-1991 painted in communist vs capitalist terms? The US participation in WW2 is reduced to "we saved europe and asia from hitler and japanese imperialism".
The overarching theme is of American moral superiority, unassailable founding principles, and a government by the people, for the people.
None of those are true, and I am thankful we live in an age when access to the writings of accurate historians is just a click away for those who care enough to discover.