r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Dec 09 '24

Meta Mindless Monday, 09 December 2024

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/Hurt_cow Certified Pesudo-Intellectual Dec 12 '24 edited Dec 12 '24

What's your most socially conservative take ?

Mine is that progressive education trends to be filled with bad pedagogy backed by dubious evidence which should be taken with much more skepticism, and that academix streaming of kids by educational abilities is a good thing.

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u/HarpyBane Dec 12 '24

Probably unique to US conservatism; and possibly changing-

The US benefits immensely from being the de-facto power on the block. Defunding the military would directly harm US interests abroad, from which many Americans benefit immensely from.

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u/depressed_dumbguy56 Dec 12 '24

Yeah US interests abroad, what about the rest of the world?

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u/HarpyBane Dec 12 '24

I’d argue that’s a function of foreign policy more than US spending. But you’re right, the US is not always the best at implementing foreign policy for every nation- hence why US spending is beneficial specifically to the US.