Why is misinformation so persistent? Especially in the historical

>>2166201
Memes. Dead serious. Once the contagious thought gets into the populace, it's almost impossible to counteract it without direct evidence otherwise.

>>2166201
such as?

>>2166201
Lack of skepticism. Belief is a force of will to many people, the truth isn't sought. If you don't take the time to question things you're told, you'll believe whatever falls in line with your pre-conceived notions.

>>2166201
Because of bad education. And these badly educated people don't know they were given a bad education, and don't think there's anything wrong with their knowledge, so they don't feel a need to double check.

>>2166248
>Napoleon was shirt
>Caesar was an emperor
>Columbus did nothing wrong
>Washington was a great general
>Roman Empire fell in 5 century
>"Dark Ages"
And so on and so on

>>2166269
>Roman Empire fell in 5 century

lol

>"Dark Ages"

In comparison to pre-barbarians, those Germanics not only had nothing going on they also built ugly ass structures and ruined the cool Gallo-Roman, Hispano-Roman, and Roman shit going on in France, Spain, and Italy respectively. Fuck that.

Went from aesthetic as fuck to ugly shitholes in a matter of decades. Fuck that Gothic shit and fuck that Frankish shit (WE WUZ ROMANS). I shit out prettier churches daily

Combination of government propaganda and parents making up answers when their kids ask historical questions.

>>2166269
There was a dark age, it was dark in the sense of it lacking a lot of written records.