From a young age, we are educated about how upstanding our country is. We are instilled with an immense amount of patriotism, and our adolescent minds were filled with the great deeds of the first American pioneers. What we did not realize at the time was that the history that was taught to us was but a loose recollection of the events.
Many reprehensible actions have been taken by our “perfect” country in its history. And much of it is held back from us in our education. In our American society, there is a certain amount of ‘legal’ propaganda that is shoved in our faces. Since we are a free society, the government can’t outright ban the truth about our history being accessed. To get around this, they hide the truth behind a facade of how perfect our country is.
By keeping our faith in the government high, we as a population do not rebel. I full-heartedly believe the U.S. government keeps certain details of our country’s imperialistic past under wraps in order to keep patriotism in our country high. If we as a population grew up being taught some of the United States’ morally gray past actions we would grow up despising our country. In a sense, the lack of certain details in our history books is a version of population control.
My question for you all is do you think the choice to not teach us certain details of the United State’s past is morally justifiable? On one hand, there could be massive carnage if some truths were taught. But many would also say we deserve to know the truth as a free people.
The conundrum is what fuels my question. They want to keep us in check without us even realizing it, though very morally gray actions. I can see the logic behind it, despite my wish for the truth to be taught. I believe in a perfect world everybody would be taught a completely truthful account of history’s events- alas, we live in a contrasting, paradoxical world.
