Howard Zinn people's history of America, I'm reading it at the moment, is there any alternative? (lemmy.world)

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Hello, I'm Italian and I'm reading what I understood to be a classic in American HIstory. I'm throug 100 pagesi in and I have the feeling that the author is a bit too partisan and unbalanced. Sometimes I feel that he had already decided what happened and then he tries to find facts that confirm his prejudices.
Hence, I'm asking if someone out there knows another book about the same subjecst that is not at all celebratory toward America, actually I'm looking for a book that is very critic and severe toward America, but at the same time that is more balanced. Any advice?

(Sorry if this message could sound confused or badly written, I'm not mother tongue and, also, the feeling toward the book is there but still blurry, but there's something about this book that doesn't convince me.)

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[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

If you average a lie with the truth do you get a more accurate truth or a less accurate one?

[-] DrFuggles@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago

How did you jump from a discussion about opposing perspectives on a single, unknowable truth to "one must be right and everything else a lie"?

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I didn't?

[-] DrFuggles@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago

I mean, you're going back a to true/false dichotomy.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Good point I should embrace the only thing real is our outrage truth of our society. No wonder Zinn is so popular. Hey let's save some time. Whatever strawman you want me to make why don't you use the power of imagination and make it real? That way I say what you want me to say so you can deliver the counter-arguments you want to make.

Fuck truth, we don't need it. Go read People's History, use horse dewormer to cure Covid, only eat "organic", and deny that our planet is burning.

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