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what was the stupidest thing that happened in your nation's history? (hexbear.net)
submitted 6 days ago by zipper@hexbear.net to c/history@hexbear.net
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i'll go first: our 17th prime minister one day vanished while swimming in the ocean and not only did none of his friends give a fuck, they started slapfighting immediately for who's gonna be his successor. no joke they didn't even let his body turn cold before the arguments began it was all so fucking funny.

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[–] zipper@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

damn this is a great answer, but ngl after reading this i've realized how shit my knowledge of history is. any book recs you've got?

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

Zinn's always a good primer on american history.

[–] KoboldKomrade@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

For American, I agree with Alaska, Zinn is a good start. Critical reading of lib sources can be ok. (IE, Ken Burns' general messaging is off, but its a decent overview if you can read between the lib brain)

This is the first book I read about Taping. That was like 10 years ago, I don't really remember how well it was all presented, but might be a decent start. Written by a Yale guy in 96, so it might be a bit... you know. https://archive.org/details/godschinesesonta0000spen/page/n3/mode/2up