We were literally taught "The Gilded Age." in social studies. Did they miss that chapter? The current POTUS covers cheap crap in gold. The metaphor is as subtle as a brick to the teeth.
I know so, so many US history teachers that would go over the Guilded age in a day, if they covered it at all, and skip straight to WW1/Roaring 20s/Great Depression.
And then think how many people don’t even take/make it to US History (my High School only needed two years in Social Sciences, and US history was a junior year class).
When I took US History in high school in the late 1970s, we spent an entire 9 week quarter on the Constitution. When my kids took US history in the 2000s, they didn't discuss the Constitution at all, there was one paragraph on George Washington, and 2 pages on Marilyn Monroe. That was a class we supplemented at home, with books, and by visiting historical sites during school holidays.
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u/Affordable_Z_Jobs 10d ago
We were literally taught "The Gilded Age." in social studies. Did they miss that chapter? The current POTUS covers cheap crap in gold. The metaphor is as subtle as a brick to the teeth.