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This always gets me. We're told land of freedom and opportunity and all that. It was literally founded on slavery. And women couldn't vote.

Beau of the fifth column says it so well: you're taught American mythology, not American history.

I love the humor of the show

Philomena Cunk was written by Charlie Brooker, who also has written Black Mirror, Dead Set, Death to 2020 and A Touch of Cloth.

Upvoted because it's criticising the un-united shithole of america with satire and also because people need to be made aware of the history of america that conservatives want to hide from you

"These days people spend thousands of dollars to visit the sun-kissed islands of the Caribbean. But in the 1700s you could go there for free, if you were black and you didn't want to go there."
-also Cunk

Don't forget about the genocide of the Native Americans!

The quote continues with roughly “the north asked the south if they want to live in an America with slavery where other races are exploited for prosperity, or one where they pretend they don’t”