I think the point they are making is that the fact they didn’t free the slaves right away is swept under the rug. Most history school text books only include a paragraph and leave out facts. While there had been some improvement on this the 1776 report is trying to go backwards. This is wrong in my opinion. History is important. The 1619 project scares those who don’t want these facts to be known is the project perfect? No, but Is it wrong? Also no. I don’t think there’s a way to defend the 1776 report. It quote mines those who criticized America not living up to the priciples laid out in the declaration. It also lies about history to justify the gutting of history. This should be disturbing to anyone with a basic understanding of history who have read it.
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thats very true, the US draws its legitimacy from the fact it says it has democratic institutions & the legacy from the founding fathers, but i mean i dont think they are wrong & that theres some information we are missing by some voices being neglected in the academia like 1619, i just think that the world adam smith envisioned in the 18th century began decaying in the 19th century & becoming an instrument of oppression, & by the dawn of the 20th century the working class finally managed to be conscious enough to finally target imperialism, & fascism but couldnt adequately challenge the CIA & free trade so the USSR gave up their imperial preference just how britain lost the sterling area. but im not saying the USSR was an empire im more saying that it liberalized to the US just like how britain was hollowed out in the aftermath of the lend lease agreement in the 1945