Tag: History
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The Semantic Hostility Of MAGA
“Again” highlights toxic nostalgia, urging a false greatness that never existed. America’s foundation is marred by genocide and slavery, with “great” being a subjective and distorted lens. Instead of regressing to an illusory past, the focus should be on striving for a “more perfect union” where justice prevails for all.
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America’s Great Leap Forward?
When I teach Global History, we do a unit on Mao’s China. Mao’s vicious incompetence led to the deaths of some 22 million people (at the lowest estimate). He turned the Republic of China (a somewhat democratic state established by Sun Yat-sen) into “The People’s Republic of China,” which is ironically named (footnote here about…
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When Yeats Wrote “The Second Coming”
I wonder if he was really aiming to capture the horrific terror of a civilization swallowing a trauma that will pass through the digestive, nervous, endocrine, and healthcare systems of generations to come (and they keep on coming)… That “face as pitiless as the sun…” gazing outward before slouching toward some vexing cradle… (I don’t…
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The Revolution Will Not Be On Facebook*
America teeters on the brink, a playground for the wealthy amidst a morally bankrupt system. To truly revolutionize, we must forgo violence; bloodshed only begets further chaos. Accountability and humanity must reclaim the narrative, forcing those in power to confront their actions instead of defaulting to the convenience of murder.