Saturday, May 30, 2026

 

The History of Fantasyland

John Hinderaker:

It is no surprise that those who trust our education establishment are the most ignorant. But the idea that one-half or more of Americans believe that Indians were peaceful until the white man came along is astonishing. It means that they know absolutely nothing about pre-Columbian American history, and they ascribe to natives virtues that the Indians never would have claimed for themselves.

Tribes like the Iroquois, to name only one, were in warfare among the most vicious peoples in history, ranking perhaps even worse than the Assyrians and the Mongols. Indian tribes were pretty much all proud of their martial prowess, and would be horrified to learn that, several hundred years after the fact, they are regarded as having lived in peace and harmony with their neighbors, whom they despised.

Our education system is irredeemably awful, and needs to be blown up so that we can start over from scratch.


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