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[โ€“] CharlesDarwin1809@piefed.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't know lots about Churchill, even though I should because I'm British.

Yeah sometimes statues get built of people who aren't too great. Like George Washington, who owned slaves. I guess statues are usually commissioned and paid for by wealthy and powerful people who are trying to propagandise their viewpoints, because if ordinary people believe the propaganda of the powerful, then the powerful get to stay in power.

Also you shouldnt know about churchill eveb if you are British seeing as how he was THIS genocidal ๐Ÿ˜ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=plZkO3y9_hY&pp=ygUZYmFkZW1wYW5hZGEgYmVuZ2FsIGZhbWluZQ%3D%3D