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There's been this trend recently of "hold historical figure up to modern society's standards and then declare them terrible when they don't". This article not only continues that trend, but worse, it makes up new modern values to hold him up to that modern society also does not measure up to.

It doesn't actually make the case that the fact that Shackleton was in any way "worse" than his contemporaries, and claims that him using his connections to fund antarctic expeditions was somehow a personal failing as though someone could just write a grant for a ship back in 1902.

It's less a historical piece and more reads like some freelance advertiser's attempt to make an article they can just spam into any discussion about Shackleton so that they can drive traffic for themself.

[fifilura]

To be fair, I don't think TFA is written to be taken seriously. It is more like a comedians roast.

But still, it reminds a lot of rumours without base that spread over e.g. twitter. For example of presidential candidates.