PugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days ago"Hans, are we the baddies?"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1724arrow-down11
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minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down3·11 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-squareGuyFawkes@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 days agoBut some victors won’t allow for an unbiased account…
minus-squareExtantHuman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 days agoThere’s always external witnesses to record things from a different perspective
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days ago Historians write the history books. Unless the victors silence them.
minus-squareAnd009@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 days agoHistory written by the Victor tends to be accepted easily
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.
But some victors won’t allow for an unbiased account…
There’s always external witnesses to record things from a different perspective
Unless the victors silence them.
History written by the Victor tends to be accepted easily