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I’ll add another:

When I realized that the “politics leads everything in history and the important events were due to kings, czars, militaries, and presidents.” Only to learn the reality is that all politics is downstream of economic incentives and the technological and even natural environment.

That which kind or queen did or said what and won or lost which war was largely irrelevant to the fact that gun powder had been invented and the very landscape of what is possible in politics and the economics of violence had shifted wildly and everything was going to change including the very architecture of political power.

Public schools have this completely backward, and I think it’s because a political education system is inherently obsessed with the political power ideology. nostr:note1w5y04llkp422tkzcdz32annjqw29g3yq7wf48s6cmfej53a5q5rq247caa

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AJ Nobody ⚡🏴 1y ago

That second one serves to keep us in our "stupid cages" and voting harder.

Toss in the talking heads trying to make us get out to the polls by making us angry and depressed.

What a cluster fuck.

Mark Camper 1y ago

I always hated the history back in school. All just dates and names to remember, minimum reasoning or explanation.

Then I took a course from one toxic libertarian about the ~"evolution of US economic policies and politics in the 20th century~", and it blew my mind.

Telling history like an economic story with incentives and reasons makes the it much more interesting, useful, and "real". Without it, it's just a "nominal" history.

GLACA 1y ago

Exaxtly!

Guy Swann 1y ago

Yeah “public school history” is horrifically boring on top of being intellectually useless. There’s zero understanding of why things happen. I mean they literally argue that WW1 was caused by a single dude getting assassinated, which in hindsight is mind numbingly stupid it’s incredible 😆

Alekandar Svetski 1y ago

I came to this conclusion but ultimately reverted back.

I think politics is way more important and is in fact up stream of the capacity to capitalise (or not) on technology and economics.

It all becomes a little circular.

The reality is that they’re are interrelated.

TeslaLiberty 1y ago

Interesting take. I am more with Guy on this one but I agree they all influence incentives

Ruadh 1y ago

Goes somewhat hand in hand with:

Governments start wars, not people.

(Which gets lost on so many people)

And those wars are waged *because of* the economic incentives upstream. agree 💯

The Raven of Wall Street! 1y ago

Yes, Guns Germs and Steel. That book was a little bit beating around the bush though.

TeslaLiberty 1y ago

So true

Bitcoin Boomer 1y ago

I'd have to say it was when my son orange-pilled me on a drive from Texas to Washington State two years ago. Prior to that drive, I was so negative regarding the economy and how I would most likely have to work until I'm ninety just to stay even. Technology was changing so fast, and not all of it for the better. Then, finally "getting" bitcoin changed it all. I am an Electrical Engineer and Software Developer. I saw how so often technology was often used for evil. I used to think the only fix for us would be a giant EMP event or something that removed the dangerous power of technology (Yeah, I know, this is my livelihood, and I'm hoping for its demise). But, with bitcoin, I see so much good that we can accomplish, and maybe find better ways to counteract the bad use of technology. I now see hope, and am invigorated to find a way to contribute to a better world, rather than try to find a way to escape from it. Bitcoin was a life-changer for me. I'm loving it. Bitcoin brought me hope. Thank you for asking the question and spurring me to give this more thought.