• HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Or just realise most of the world doesn’t give a shit about American history any more than Americans care about the treaty of Waitangi.

    • merc@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      American history is more consequential though. Similarly, even though I don’t care much about Russian history, it was Russian history that led Putin to conclude that he had a right to control Ukraine, which has led to the first land war in Europe in decades.