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The knowledge that one is merely a bystander to History—or worse, born guilty and existing as an impediment to the progress of History—is soul-crushing.
The Left’s monopoly on history will crack, and the American child’s innate desire to matter and to sacrifice for the greater good will find an alternate path to glory, far from the madding crowd.
The Left’s monopoly on history will crack, and the American child’s innate desire to matter and to sacrifice for the greater good will find an alternate path to glory, far from the madding crowd.

We are tasting the bitter fruits of more than a half-century of the “zeitgeist”—the Marxist theory of history—reigning supreme in our public schools. This pedagogy replaced the “Great Man” approach, which teaches that history is catalyzed by individuals of unusual personal strength and rare attributes.

“Great Man” history studies bravery, wisdom, uncommon prudence, unparalleled fortitude (and sometimes unsurpassed vice) alongside historical events, with biographies and diaries featured prominently in history class. The underlying assumption is that uncommon virtue and personal excellence are what make great men and women, and the actions of these unique people are what move and shape history.

Thus, George Washington is remembered as a great man who, upon winning the Revolutionary War, refused to entertain even a suggestion that he be crowned king of the United States of America. His countrymen thought him deserving of a crown, but he refused the idea, thinking them deserving of self-rule and freedom instead. Washington’s modesty, humility, and prudence changed the course of history and enabled the United States to be a true republic. Had it not been for his special virtue, his country might have become just another monarchy complete with an aristocracy, titles, and all the rest.

Though horrendously out of fashion, the Great Man theory of history is still operative today, tolerated only outside the realm of the official Marxist historical narrative taught in public schools. Fawning biographies of industrialists like Steve Jobs or Howard Hughes remain, but the greatness of these men is only allowed to explain economic changes or improvements in our standard of living. Stories of true justice and geopolitical change are reserved for groups of the aggrieved and oppressed, beginning with indigenous peoples, through women’s rights, civil rights, gay rights, and finally the transgender and nonbinary rights movement of today. This “zeitgeist” enjoys total dominance in the nation’s schools. 

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BTDT
BTDT
July 3, 2020 12:59 pm

Alright enough of the endless speculation as to who Joe Biden will select to succeed him into the Oval Office shortly after (if) he wins this November. IMO there is nothing to speculate. His pick will be Michelle Obama. He will announce later rather than earlier to reduce the time for the Trump side to refocus the light of truth on her hideous self. Anti-American racist, race baiting Michelle as POTUS, Barack as another first. I don’t really believe that Michelle wants the job but the opportunity to be the one to pull the lever and open the trap door under America’s feet will be too strong to resist. She’ll reluctantly ‘take one for the team’. It’s an American tragedy to underestimate the genuine evil deviousness of the Democrat Party. It’s a fatal mistake to underestimate the evil deviousness, the blinding racism and pure hatred for America that is ingrained into the cancerous souls (if they have any) of Barack and Michelle Obama. That is Just IMHO.