Thoughts on portion of book Sapiens: Civilization does not mean Morality or moral progress.

 In Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens he discusses how Civilization's existence hardly means morality or moral progress necessarily. He points to Roman circuses, Aztec human sacrifices etc. And it is true. This is why it is bizarre to me that people today in America take such pride in their history rather than a sober assessment of it. While it's true that atrocities have occurred across different civilizations across time, it doesn't mean that you then ignore or revere your history with blindness and no rational comprehension of its legacy. I find it crazy that people embrace a brand of Republicanism that does exactly that and just worships American history in that manner. But to be sure there's more atrocities being committed across the political spectrum and so its worth taking a sobering look at these things. The term woke is often derided but it was deployed in the 20s I believe by subjects of particular oppression and cruelty and so has been re applied today. But I think being sober and acknowledging atrocious aspects of our civilization is necessary.