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The original was posted on /r/thedeprogram by /u/SphereOfPettiness on 2025-06-29 13:45:36+00:00.

When I say uncultured, I really mean it in every sense of the word. It’s embarrassing to admit but I only know the bare minimum about major historical events, with the excuse of information being overwhelming and never knowing which sources are correct and which are widely accepted misinformation (I mean ffs we can’t even agree on how a conflict from 70 years ago EXACTLY started, on top of my shitty memory that forgets things as soon as I read them.)

Aaaanyway, enough moping I decided. I’ve been lurking on this sub for weeks and realized just how much propaganda I’d been mindlessly accepting just because everyone else is so loud about it. I was especially shaken awake by Hakim’s video on the Tiananmen Square.

The claims of socialism/communism bad, Stalin bad, China bad and Uyghur genocide, North Korea bad, NATO propaganda, Palestine-Israel disinformation… I want to learn the truth about everything that matters.

I know there are multiple threads on beginners readings, but they are mostly related to Marxism. I’d like more varied recommendations about everything this sub condemns or believes in (preferably layman-friendly, but any starting point at all would suffice).