I love that I never learned about this until I read history books for fun as an adult. You’d think that young students, growing up in this country, should know what the wealthy class has done in full to try and keep them oppressed, whether it’s the Business Plot, the Battle for Blair Mountain, the violent government response to rail strikes, etc. etc. etc.
1892 Homestead Strike and The Haymarket Affair too.
Happy rabbit holing.
It’s like the rich forgot. And while I really don’t want to see political violence I am sure that a country with more guns than people is not going to react well to a new gilded age.
I love that I never learned about this until I read history books for fun as an adult. You’d think that young students, growing up in this country, should know what the wealthy class has done in full to try and keep them oppressed, whether it’s the Business Plot, the Battle for Blair Mountain, the violent government response to rail strikes, etc. etc. etc.
But no.
Schools don’t teach this stuff on purpose.
Welp, here’s another rabbit hole on the list. See yall later 👋😀
I would recommend Chill Goblin’s Oliver Anthony, Welfare, and Blair Mountain.
1892 Homestead Strike and The Haymarket Affair too.
Happy rabbit holing.
It’s like the rich forgot. And while I really don’t want to see political violence I am sure that a country with more guns than people is not going to react well to a new gilded age.
The curriculum is written by the very class that these moments in history shades. Of course they’re not taught.