The history lessons I received in high school was detailed and complete. There were no political distortions. I was in high school in the 1960s.
“There were no political distortions. I was in high school in the 1960s.”
I used to believe that.
I do not anymore.
There are a range of hidden biases in all of history.
The biggest distortion is between the “public” version of history and the “secret” version known only to “insiders”.
This has been true going back to the Pharaohs.
I am going to give you a very specific example of “false history” that I know for an absolute fact.
My grandfather was in the construction business in CT from the 1920s and several decades after that.
He personally paid bribes to get state contracts to every major CT politician during that period.
He showed me the location where they met him to get their money and I got confirmation from the owner of the restaurant that my grandfather’s account was correct.
My grandfather was never caught.
None of the dozens of politicians were ever caught.
No media outlet ever got the story.
The biographies of all of the governors, senators, state legislators say nothing of this—usually claiming these were honest and high minded folks.
In this case it turns out that the “history” taught in schools is not the real “history”.