Civilization 6 lets you play with history, but have you considered how it shapes our understanding of the past? How music gives us ideas about cultures we've never encountered, as well as our own? Let's examine the musical ideology behind Civilization 6. Do you enjoy these deep dives into media and philosophy? Leave a like to support the channel! Comment with what you'd like to see us cover in the future, and subscribe for more thoughtful essays! CORRECTIONS: Mount Rushmore appeared in Civ IV, not II. And the American theme includes a fiddle as well as a banjo. 0:00 Intro 2:05 Politics 3:43 America 5:50 Zulu Works referenced: Johannes Fabian, Time and the Other: How Anthropology Makes Its Object Other music used: Civ VI Kongo Industrial Theme Civ VI Ottoman Atomic Theme I hate twitter: https://twitter.com/MirroredFog Credit to Wikimedia commons for images Credit to The Guardian for Trump rally video All materials used under Free Use for educational and entertainment purposes.