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You wrote the history book vs You were in the history book
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I'm assuming they still teach the grim history in schools in the UK. They did when I went to school. I don't think I know anybody who feels proud of "the good old days" but then it's not a topic which comes up much.
Yep, same.
World War Two and Churchill was the only history I was taught that could be classed as being proud of. Everything else was more of a "look at all this bad shit we did" type scenario.
Not British, but the standout things I know of Churchill are mostly related to the bengal famine and his staunch distaste of progressive social policy. I think people also thought he was a good speaker.
What's he best known for over there?
Fighting the Nazis
I always understood his opposition to be mainly about the fact they were targeting "the wrong people" and might eventually land on British shores.
Fighting nazis is obviously a good thing, I just wasn't aware people thought he was uniquely good because of that.
Again, I am not British, so my understanding of his motivations are filtered by the pond between us.
If he wasn't pm during the war then he probably be another name nobody remembers in modern times.
He's remembered because of the war. I'm sure wherever you're from has similar figures in history, if not war ones, other significant changes which impacted people's lives and becomes a figure head of that change. Whether it be good or bad.
Totally understandable response. Definitely the case where I'm from too.
I also appreciate that it's coming from the most British username I've seen recently.
Thanks! I don't drink tea so sadly not British enough. But indo enjoy dunking in tea.
That's Snyderverse Superman. He was plenty grim.