PugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago"Hans, are we the baddies?"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoThe victors don’t write the history books. Historians write the history books. And much of our narrative is defined by those sources, at least historically.
minus-squareAnd009@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoHistory written by the Victor tends to be accepted easily
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days ago Historians write the history books. Unless the victors silence them.
minus-squareGuyFawkes@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoBut some victors won’t allow for an unbiased account…
minus-squareExtantHuman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoThere’s always external witnesses to record things from a different perspective
The victors don’t write the history books. Historians write the history books. And much of our narrative is defined by those sources, at least historically.
History written by the Victor tends to be accepted easily
Unless the victors silence them.
But some victors won’t allow for an unbiased account…
There’s always external witnesses to record things from a different perspective