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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45
Commercialism has nothing to do with this.
The people that write history books are the ones that have to do with this among other people.
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Commercialism has everything to do with it. It is about money and opportunity, which leads to advancement and prosperity... the American Dream. People come from all over the world for it.
As far as history books are concerned, there are some definate problems there. We could open a whole other thread to discuss that subject. I do know that there are significant attempts by many special interest minority organizations to re-write history. And I am not just talking about race here, religion as well. Even in the UK: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23398688-details/Don't+teach+that+marriage+is+best+say+academics/article.do