• stanleytweedle@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t get why anyone is surprised by this sort of thing.

    Because the the idea that the US was founded as a meritocracy is a core cultural myth that’s taught as fact to every new American. There’s value to constantly repeating challenges to pervasive cultural myths. Won’t change anything for us but might help a few in the next generation see past the bullshit sooner than they otherwise would.