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minus-squareParagone@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·23 hours agoThere NEVER WAS any “shared understanding”!! https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/american-nations-a-history-of-the-eleven-rival-regional-cultures-of-north-america Each of the nations inhabiting North America had ITS OWN understanding, & there simply isn’t any overlap between them. That has always been true. What “truth” means in each of the different nations ISN’T true in the others! _ /\ _
There NEVER WAS any “shared understanding”!!
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/american-nations-a-history-of-the-eleven-rival-regional-cultures-of-north-america
Each of the nations inhabiting North America had ITS OWN understanding, & there simply isn’t any overlap between them.
That has always been true.
What “truth” means in each of the different nations ISN’T true in the others!
_ /\ _