Against Guilty History

“History should always be told in full,” writes @davidfrum. “But we don’t correct past wrongs committed in a liberal democracy by defaming the ideal itself”:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/settler-colonialism-guilty-history/680992/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYW8n7n-MZ5YF-Ns8sAW6zN0&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

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