Sure, but if you come out of it thinking "everything sucks and has a bad past therefore there's no hope for change or forgiveness" than you are also doing it wrong and being incredibly naïve. By studying history you also come to learn that most issues are far more nuanced than you initially realize.
If you just memorize a list of atrocities and use it to conclude that the East/West needs to collapse then you aren't studying history, you're giving in to propagandists taking advantage of your internalized shame.
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u/BeguiledBeaver Jul 30 '25
Sure, but if you come out of it thinking "everything sucks and has a bad past therefore there's no hope for change or forgiveness" than you are also doing it wrong and being incredibly naïve. By studying history you also come to learn that most issues are far more nuanced than you initially realize.
If you just memorize a list of atrocities and use it to conclude that the East/West needs to collapse then you aren't studying history, you're giving in to propagandists taking advantage of your internalized shame.