The community lie is monstrous self deception and it can go so far as to include the entire country. But every time anyone gets into an argument about preferential treatment that is brought out as justification. Besides which I don't quite get what ancient wrongs are corrected by additional wrongs now. As everyone knows if a lie is big enough and repeated often enough it becomes a community truth. The entire world certainly including the U.S. A. have deceived themselves with community lies.
Lies permeate our lives and our existence.
There are modern lies, antiques lies and ancient lies. The only thing we know about history is that someone wrote it down. We don't know if they were telling the truth or lying. All history is speculation and too much of it is fraud and lies. When I went to France in 1949 I brought with me a footlocker full of classic economic and history books.