• tetris11@lemmy.mlOP
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    1 day ago

    How is it taught out of interest? I feel like there are many lessons to learn from it, though mostly that none of us are above our baser nature when the situation is dire

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      8 hours ago

      We’re talking about maybe a day of my life over 20 years ago lol. I remember it being taught that it happened, but I honestly don’t remember if they emphasized how desperate for survival they were. I think it’s easy for some Americans to associate “Donner Party” with “crazy man-eating lunatic cult of the wild west” due to only retaining surface-level information on the topic.