Comments by "Jessica Dainese" (@JessicaDainese) on "How Capitalism Ruined American Education" video.

To most Europeans (like me) PragerU looks like a parody of the USA 😂 I was "shocked" when I learned it was NOT a parody. I mean "shocked" for a minute, then I remembered my time in the USA as an exchange student and it all made sense. American schools are incredibly bad compared to European schools. They were bad when I was there in 1992, and they only got worse from there. If sports and proms are more important than philosophy (taught in every European highschool, but absent in American highschools) and history (American students are fed a bunch of lies about history), that is a BIG problem.
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@supermario69kraftgami23 we learn about the real history of the USA, no sugarcoating. Also WWII is told different in the USA. In Italy the Americans are not seen as the "saviors". Also, in most of Europe, Communism and Socialism are perfectly fine political views and have been so since Marx. Italy was pretty close to a communist revolution in 1918-19. Unfortunately, we got Mussolini instead. Americans learn in history classes that they are the best, most moral country in the world. The whole world knows the USA is a threat to democracy, socialism, peace, the environment, basically life itself.
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@supermario69kraftgami23 I would personally go to France to study philosophy, but we have good Universities in Italy too.
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@supermario69kraftgami23 yeah, I know how history is taught in American highschools. I went to the USA as an exchange student in 1992/93. I also learned there that 2 subjects which are mandatory in Italian highschools (philosophy and law/civic education) are not taught in American highschools at all, and I think it is a huge problem. Philosophy promotes critical thinking, and law/ civic education promote citzens' involvement/ participation in politics. You can see the effects this has on the average American citzen. Low political participation, and high belief in religions. Terrible results.
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@supermario69kraftgami23 Obviously every single country has "their" version of WWII. For example, the Americans are told they were the heroes, and never mention the fact that the Soviet Union had a huge role in defeating the Germans. I can not think of a single Hollywood movie about WWII that acknowledges the important role of the Red Army. In Italy, it was not the Americans that "liberated" the country from naz*fascism, it was the Italian Resistance. The whole mythology of post WWII Italy is based on the role of the Resistance. Of course the partisans were helped by the allies (with weapons, thru Radio Londra etc), but cities either liberated themselves (Naples) or were liberated by the Italian partisans (Milan). The Allies were still behind, in the South. Let's not forget the Americans allied themselves with the Sicilian mafia. Do American students learn about that? I doubt it. One very bad omission in history class in Italy (at least when I was a student, but I doubt much has changed) is the fact that Italy had colonies. Later than other European powers, and in a smaller scale than them, but Italy did terrible things in Africa. War crimes. In parts of Eastern Europe too. We never talk about that. The official narrative is "the good Italian vs the evil German". The official story is that, through the Resistance, Italy has paid for its "sins" (creating fascism, exporting it all over Europe and beyond, "racial laws", becoming allies of Hitler, colonialism). Germany chose (kind of forced by the Allies of course) "denazification", inconditional support to Israhell, collective guilty passed on thru generations etc. Italy chose to basically skip over 20 years of fascism and war and proclaim the birth of a new Italy, with a new antifa constitution written by our Resistance heroes and heroines. I have great respect and love for the Italian Resistance, I think we have a good constitution (could definitely be better), but we never dealt with our fascist and colonial past. There was no "denaz*fication" in Italy. They just changed name of the party and have been in politics ever since. Their last name is obviously Fratelli d'Italia. So, you really need to study History from different povs, because your own country is never gonna tell you the truth about its own dark History. Japan is another country that teaches WWII without mentioning its own many war crimes. I am lucky my parents were always into counterculture(s) (they were involved in the 1968 "revolution"), always on the side of minorities/ "underdogs" (Black Americans, Native Americans, Palestinians, Kurds, feminists, LGBT+, atheists, anticapitalists, no-globals, eco-activists, etc), and always big on education (not only in school, at home as well). So I was lucky to hear all these people's point of views and not only the official version of facts. My parents, and later myself, also travelled alot and have friends from many different countries. We have friends from Iran, Russia, China, etc so we do not consider ANY country an "enemy". It's well known us Italians have only one enemy: ourselves 😂 Sorry this was so long, I hope I didnt bore you too much ❤️
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