#i always assumed that that was pretty ummm idk. widely known knowledge??? smth everyone is aware of no??????

[skitskatdacat63]

I do not like to be that pretentious person that's like, "How do you NOT know about [random thing]!?" Because I'm sure there's plenty of things I'm completely oblivious to. HOWEVER oh my god 😭 Today in my class, we were briefly discussing the differences between Communist and American art. This girl who I always sit next to, was asking me to explain what we were supposed to do for the little in class assignment.

First of all, the one example had Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin, and she's like, "Who even are those guys?" Okay, fine, not everyone knows the specifics of history. So I mentioned the Soviet Union, and she's very confused like, "What's that, some era?" And I just sat there blankly for a minute in silence, because its like. How do I even begin to explain the Soviet Union to someone who apparently is completely oblivious to it. HOW ARE YOU NOT AWARE OF THE SOVIET UNION!?!?!? DO YOU KNOW WHAT COMMUNISM IS EVEN???

So I try to explain it in relation to the class specifically, like how in Stalin's years, they restricted freedom of art. And she's like, astonished, "Where did this happen, American??" WHAT 😭