I’m a 21-year-old guy and since they unfortunately didn’t teach us about American history in school I wanna learn it all on my own from the beginning to the present.

I’m really looking forward to a deep dive to not only understand American history better but also to get a better grasp of the culture, people, economics, politics and social aspects that influenced America to become what it is now.

I was wondering what the best ways and resources are to do this. Maybe someone can recommend some good media resources. It doesn’t matter what it is, it could be books, videos, podcasts, documentaries, documents, articles, movies and so on.

I’m open for everything :)

  • @Gradually_AdjustingEnglish
    4•12 days ago

    You’ve got to take the rough with the smooth. We have some fun stuff, but also we’re a bloody-handed empire that sees itself as a “city on a hill”. You can’t form a coherent picture of how we got to a second trump term without looking at the ugly bits.

    • anon6789English
      3•12 days ago

      Trump goes back to Nixon (he basically hired all the same people that tried to cover for him, Ailes, Stone, others).

      Nixon getting away with things to save the country further embarrassment goes back to the post-Civil War events.

      Events leading up to the Civil War, ie. slavery, starts in the Americas between 1492 if you count the Caribbean, the 1500s if we’re talking Ponce DeLeon, and the 1600s if we’re looking at just the people that directly lead to modern America.

      I truly hope Trump can be looked at less consequentially in the future, but we’re not at the end of his time in politics yet, so who can say. He’s got a lot of competition for worst president ever, he’s just at the front of everyone’s mind because we’re in the present. I remember when we thought no one could top Bush Jr.

      • @Gradually_AdjustingEnglish
        2•12 days ago

        Ah yes the Bush years, a gilded age in conservative decency.

        Jesus wept.

        • anon6789English
          2•12 days ago

          It snapped me out of being conservative, so there were a few positives.

            • anon6789English
              2•12 days ago

              I feel ya. I hope they spend more time infighting for power and attention and don’t harm too much actual important stuff, but I won’t hold my breath.

              It’s going to be a long couple of years…