Part 19/22:
Touching on the recreation of historical battles—like the Civil War or the Battle of Little Bighorn—Rogan questions the modern craving for reenactments. He relates it to how some indigenous tribes or late 19th-century Americans staged or relived violent moments as a form of remembrance or storytelling, sometimes with a strange reverence for warfare’s brutality.
He references the book Son of the Morning Star, which vividly describes the atrocities inflicted during the Indian wars, highlighting the deep cruelty inflicted on Native Americans and the brutality of the conflict. Such stories force us to confront uncomfortable truths about human history and the enduring nature of violence.