#subscribing to/start seeing cracks in the 'foundational myth' of the nation (= part of the basis for the nation as an imagined community)
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studying for an exam and haunted by this.....
#'nobody cares its a fanfic' PEOPLE SHOULD CARE#akasjjdjjgjgjdjjf#every country has its biases in history writing but learning to acknowledge them is something not even all professional historians can do#and when you learn to see them it also causes a rift in your worldview and that of most other people from your country because you stop#subscribing to/start seeing cracks in the 'foundational myth' of the nation (= part of the basis for the nation as an imagined community)#and i can't talk about this to people because they will go 'well if it didn't happen the way it did the country wouldn't be independent'#and in fact people lean on nationalism more and more because of the current state of international affairs and to some level it's needed#because it effectively motivates people#but ughhuuhughghghghh#burdened by my big brain etc#XDDDDDDDDDD#valuable learning experience etc. but idk what to do about that fanfic... i wrote the scene the way i did cos it was easy for me#i would have to do a lot of research to find a more fitting case to use and i dont have time#xD maybe i should put a note
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