Contextualizing the chaos one historical tangent at a time.
Oct 7, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Ever wondered why the US celebrates an Italian who sailed for Spain almost 300 years before the US existed? Come along! You know the drill.
🧵(1) #ColumbusDay#IndigenousPeoplesDay#History
🧵2 | At first only Italian-Americans celebrated October 12 (the “Day of Discovery”) as a way to unite under a single heritage in a country that was not accepting of Catholic/non-WASP immigrants. Remember: for most of US history Italians were not “white” and faced discrimination
Sep 15, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
🧵It seems like a lot of (especially white US American) people can’t conceptualists the scope and impact of colonialism. So let’s go on a hypothetical journey…
2022: Aliens from another galaxy invade the United States. 👽
🧵2 | The US Armed Forces puts up a good fight but by 2035 the continental US has been subdued. Most able-bodied people of fighting age are either dead, in prison, work camps or have been taken off planet never to be seen again.
